noon
`` But it has taken me some time to find thee . Had it not been for Folces and his devotion I might mayhap never have found thee . We came to Jerusalem yesterday . To-day at noon I saw thee starting forth from out the city . I followed thee , but the way was rough ... . I feared I should never reach the summit ... and yet 't was here I wished to speak to thee . '' All this while he had remained numb and silent .