About noon
His lips curled with a great scorn . And he remained standing and aloof from the temptations . And meditated upon the privileges of being a man . About noon he began to have visitors . At first they were vague , dark spots that hopped and ziddied in the overheated air . But these became , with careful looking , all sorts of devils and evil spirits , and beasts the like of which were not in the experience of any living man . There were creatures made like men , only that they were covered with long , silky hair and had cry-baby faces and long tails .