noon
I will speak with them , when I return home ; and hark you in your ear . Suffer not Lucia Orestilla to leave the house a moment ; use force if it be needed ; but it will not . Tell her it is my orders , and watch her very closely . Come , Lentulus , it is drawing toward noon . '' They left the house without more words , and walked side by side in silence for some distance , when Catiline said in a low voice , `` This is unpleasant , and may be dangerous . We must , however , trust to fortune till to-morrow , when my house shall be void of this pest . Then will we proceed , as we had proposed . ''