noon
`` Then I shall be in the geographies ? '' asked she with great glee . `` You will , you will , '' Stas replied in all seriousness . The next day it rained a little , but there were hours when the weather was clear , so Stas early in the morning started to visit his possessions and at noon had viewed thoroughly all the nooks . The inspection on the whole created a favorable impression . First , in respect to safety , Mount Linde was as though the chosen spot of all Africa . Its sides were accessible only to chimpanzees .