noon
`` Find m ' wife , '' he commanded the Swiss youth , only to be met with a look of blankness . He was considering if it might do him good to make a row about this -- he had always been afraid to make rows -- but the other door of the drawing-room opened . His wife was found . '' 'S all for 's aft ` noon , '' he exploded to the servitor , who seemed not displeased to withdraw from this authoritative presence . Then he engaged a slice of bacon with a ruthless fork . `` Where you _ been _ ? '' he demanded of the flapper .