noon
But , when the sun dawned on them , his intoxicating joy began to be dashed with apprehension : hatless and bemired , might they not be suspected and detained by some officious authority ? But the slop-shop set that all right . He took a double-bedded room in The Bear , locked the door , put the key under his pillow , and slept till eleven . At noon they were on the road again , and as they swung lustily along in the frosty but kindly air , Alfred 's chest expanded , his spirits rose , and he felt a man all over . Exhilarated by freedom , youth , and motion , and a little inflated by reviving vanity , his heart , buoyant as his foot , now began to nurse aspiring projects : he would indict his own father , and the doctors , and immolate them on the altar of justice and publicly wipe off the stigma they had cast on him , and meantime he would cure David and restore him to his family . He loved this harmless companion of his cell , his danger , and his flight ; loved him for Julia 's sake , loved him for his own . Youth and vanity whispered , `` I know more about madness than the doctors ; I have seen it closer . ''