noon
She showed us to the top of the stairs , did little Madame Plumet , pleased at having won over her husband , at having shown herself so cunning , and at being employed in a conspiracy of love . In the street Lampron shook me by the hand . `` Good-by , my friend , '' he said ; `` happy men do n't need company . Four days hence , at noon , I shall come to fetch you , and we will pay our first visit to the Salon together . '' Yes , I was a happy man ! I walked fast , without seeing anything , my eyes lost in day dreams , my ears listening to celestial harmonies . I seemed to wear a halo .