noon
Why did he not come ? The queen waited for him the whole of that long , dreadful day in feverish expectation . She listened to every sound , to every approaching step , to every voice that echoed in the corridor . At noon Toulan had purposed to come to take his post as guard . At six , when the time of lighting the lamps should arrive , the disguises were to be put on . At seven the carefully and skilfully-planned flight was to be made . The clock in the tower of the Temple had already struck four .