noon
Why , he quits goin ' to the club , cuts out his lunch-hour , and reports at the office at eight-thirty . Not for business , though : Bernard Shaw . Seems he 's decided to specialize in Shaw . Honest , I finds him one noon with a whole tray of lunch gettin ' cold , and him sittin ' there with his brow furrowed up over one of them batty plays . `` Must be some thrillin ' , '' says I. `` It 's clever , '' says he ; `` but hanged if I know what it 's all about ! I must find out though -- I must ! '' He did n't need to state why .