noon
`` I 'm glad I do n't think as much of money as James Leech , '' thought Herbert . `` I suppose if my uncle would only leave us a good round sum , he would forget that I once wore patched pants , and accept me as his intimate friend . '' This was exactly what James would have done , and Herbert showed that he was not wholly without knowledge of the world in forming the conjecture . Pausing occasionally to rest , Herbert at length accomplished his journey , arriving at Randolph a little after noon . He stopped just outside the village and ate his frugal dinner , which by this time he was prepared to relish . He then took off his jacket and beat the dust out of it , dusted his shoes , and washed his face in a little brook by the roadside . Having thus effaced the marks of travel , he entered the village and inquired the way to the residence of his late uncle .