noon
`` I shall not expect you till tomorrow , Beric . It were best to arrange that , and then I shall not be looking for you . Even if Nepo is there when you arrive , you will want a long talk with him , and it is likely that Pollio will be with him , so do not think of starting back till the morning . '' It was just noon when Beric reached the farm . `` You are just to the time , '' Cornelius said . `` I received an order at daybreak this morning to light the fires and to tell you if you came that the general 's secretary would be here at noon . See , there are two figures coming up the hill now . ''