noon
`` You must go to bed this minute , '' said Neale . `` I 'll go right back to the children . '' He remembered suddenly . `` By George , I have n't had anything to eat since noon , myself . '' He gave Marise an apologetic glance . `` I guess I have n't any stones to throw at your foolishness . '' Agnes ran to get him another cup of cocoa and some more bread and butter .