noon
Hereupon I had started up with a loud cry , and it was long or ever my brain was clear as to the world about me . Cousin Maud laughed to see me so drunk asleep , as was not my wont ; yet could she not deny that my dream boded no good . Nevertheless , quoth she , it was small marvel that such a heathen Turkish turmoil as we had been living in should beget monstrous fancies in a young maid 's brain . She would of set purpose have left me to sleep the day through , to give me strength ; howbeit Herdegen had twice come to ask for me , and so likewise had Ann and Hans , and it wanted but an hour and a half of noon . This made me laugh ; nevertheless I minded me then and there of all that had befallen last night at Pernhart 's house-door and in the school of arms , and , moreover , that we were bidden this day to eat with the Tetzels ; also that they , and eke my grand-uncle , were still in the belief that Herdegen 's betrothal to Ursula might be at once proclaimed to their friends . I began to dress in haste and fear , and Susan was in the act of plaiting my hair when Cousin Maud flew in to say that Queen Barbara had sent her own litter to carry me to her . Thus had I to make all speed .