noon
And now you see what she is -- hands off , highty-tighty , high and mighty , an empress could n't be grander . Pass us the tankard , Harry my boy . A mug of beer and a toast at morn , says my host . A toast and a mug of beer at noon , says my dear . D -- n it , Polly loves a mug of ale , too , and laced with brandy , by Jove ! '' Indeed , I suppose they drank it together ; for my lord was often thick in his speech at mid-day dinner ; and at night at supper , speechless altogether . Harry Esmond 's departure resolved upon , it seemed as if the Lady Castlewood , too , rejoiced to lose him ; for more than once , when the lad , ashamed perhaps at his own secret eagerness to go away -LRB- at any rate stricken with sadness at the idea of leaving those from whom he had received so many proofs of love and kindness inestimable -RRB- , tried to express to his mistress his sense of gratitude to her , and his sorrow at quitting those who had so sheltered and tended a nameless and houseless orphan , Lady Castlewood cut short his protests of love and his lamentations , and would hear of no grief , but only look forward to Harry 's fame and prospects in life .