noon
On the third morning I put them too , and brought in three loads of corn . '' Kohlhaas , whose heart swelled , fixed his eyes on the ground , and said , `` They told me nothing of that , Herse . '' The man , however , assured him that it was so . `` My incivility , '' he said , `` consisted in this : that I would not allow the horses to be yoked again , when they had scarcely taken their feed at noon , and that when the castellan and the bailiff told me to take fodder gratis , and to pocket the money which had been given me , I gave them a short answer , turned on my heel , and walked off . '' `` But , '' said Kohlhaas , `` it was not for this incivility that you were sent away from the Tronkenburg . '' `` God forbid ! '' said the man , `` it was on account of a rascally piece of injustice .