hour before noon
`` We 'd like to have you , '' she returned , hospitably . `` I thought you all had breakfast together at some fixed hour , and early at that . '' `` How little you know Aunt Francesca ! You can have breakfast in this house in any room you choose , at any hour before noon , all the year round . Sometimes we 're all together , sometimes only two . Usually , however I 'm alone , as I seem to get up a little earlier than the others . '' `` I think I 'll drop in occasionally , then .