noon
All night long he sat there motionless beside the body , staring with vacant eyes into the incomprehensible , while his thoughts whispered sadly to the dead of all that he had been . He did not move , but himself sat like a dead man , until Madam Johnsen came in the morning to ask how matters were progressing . Then he awoke and went out , in order to make such arrangements as were necessary . On Saturday , at noon , it was reported that the treaty of peace was signed , and that the great strike was over . The rumor spread through the capital with incredible speed , finding its way everywhere . `` Have you heard yet ? Have you heard yet ?