noon
A MAN who passes his evening as I had passed mine , may go to bed afterward if he has nothing better to do . But he must not rank among the number of his reasonable anticipations the expectation of getting a night 's rest . The morning was well advanced , and the hotel was astir , before I at last closed my eyes in slumber . When I awoke , my watch informed me that it was close on noon . I rang the bell . My servant appeared with a letter in his hand . It had been left for me , three hours since , by a lady who had driven to the hotel door in a carriage , and had then driven away again .