noon
The board is too high , and that wretch of a veterinary plays bezique much too well . I have paid his way now for eight days . Who knows ? Perhaps I had better put the little one in charge of the mess , soup au café in the morning , stew at noon , and ragout every evening -- campaign life , in fact . I know all about that . Quite the thing to try . '' Going out he saw at once the mistress of the house , a great brutal peasant , and the little lame girl , who both , with pitchforks in their hands , were turning over the dung-heap in the yard .