noon
His optimism struck me as being rather unprofessional , for if you travel half a night to a case , it seems to me , it ought not to be brushed aside with a laugh . And I was rather sorry that I had such a good breakfast waiting for them . Duncan , it 's true , did not eat a great deal , but the way that red-faced doctor lapped up my coffee with clotted cream and devoured bacon and eggs and hot muffins should have disturbed any man with an elementary knowledge of dietetics . And by noon Dinkie was pretty much his old self again . I half expected that Duncan would rub it in a little . But he has remained discreetly silent . Next time , of course , I 'll have a better idea of what to do .