noon
When daylight arrived , at last , he had made many a mile , and canvassed many a crowd , but the only result was that he was tolerably tired , rather hungry and very sleepy . He wanted some breakfast , but there was no way to get it . To beg for it did not occur to him ; as to pawning his sword , he would as soon have thought of parting with his honour ; he could spare some of his clothes -- yes , but one could as easily find a customer for a disease as for such clothes . At noon he was still tramping -- among the rabble which followed after the royal procession , now ; for he argued that this regal display would attract his little lunatic powerfully . He followed the pageant through all its devious windings about London , and all the way to Westminster and the Abbey . He drifted here and there amongst the multitudes that were massed in the vicinity for a weary long time , baffled and perplexed , and finally wandered off , thinking , and trying to contrive some way to better his plan of campaign . By-and-by , when he came to himself out of his musings , he discovered that the town was far behind him and that the day was growing old .