noon
It can only mean one thing -- that they 're getting ready for me on the other side of the grave . '' When I touched the question of breakfast he replied that he had his breakfast in his pocket ; and he drew from his travelling-bag a phial of morphine . He took a strong dose and went to bed . At noon I found him on foot again , dressed , shaved , much refreshed . `` Poor fellow , '' he said , `` you 've got more than you bargained for -- not only a man with a grievance but a man with a ghost . Well , it wo n't be for long ! '' It had of course promptly become a question whither we should now direct our steps .