midday
`` I ca n't promise you a pleasant evening , for we have had intelligence which destroys all sociability for us to-night . '' `` The adjutant said something about trouble , '' answered Egon . `` What is it , your excellency ? The despatches at midday were very favorable . '' `` I only got the news an hour ago . The man you sent to headquarters to-night as a suspicious character had it all . Do you know what he had with him ? ''