midday
That 'll be nearly three long hours more . It 's simply terrible , Tom ! Sixty minutes in each hour ! '' `` But then we 'll have to eat our regular midday meal , remember , '' Tom tried to cheer his companion up by saying . `` If you prefer it , we might walk over to the field-hospital , which , by the way , I hear is to be moved ahead to-night , to keep in closer touch with the wounded straggling back from the front . The Y hut 's close by , too , and we 'd enjoy an hour or so with the girls . Nellie told me she expected her brother , Harry , to be back on our sector any day now , and if he should come before we clear out we 'd be mighty glad to see him . ''