noon
`` But I really am beginning to feel that a little exercise is the best course before breakfast , '' Tom declared . `` The next thing we hear , '' scoffed Hazy , `` you 'll be telling us that you really do n't want any breakfast . '' `` I 'll tell you fellows what I 'll do , '' Tom called . `` I 'll agree to put off eating until noon if you 'll all stick to the idea . '' But that suggestion did not prove popular . `` I mean it , '' Reade insisted . `` I hardly care , now , whether I eat any breakfast or not . ''