about noon
I reflected , and supposed that I had been , and had been confined by those who knew nothing of me . It never came into my head that my uncle had been a party to it . I threw myself on the bed , and relieved myself with tears . It was about noon that the medical people , attended by the keepers and others , came into my apartment . `` Is he quite quiet ? '' `` O Lord ! yes , sir , as quiet as a lamb , '' replied the man who had before entered .