midday
In answer to Schilsky , he said faintly , without opening his eyes : `` Nothing would . You are an ox . When I wake this morning , with a mouth like gum arabic , he sits there as if he had not stirred all night . Then to bed , and snores till midday , through all the hellish light and noise . '' Here Furst could not resist making a little joke . He announced himself by a chuckle-like the click of a clock about to strike . `` He 's got to make the most of his liberty .