noon
`` Yes : pretty early this morning . '' `` Then take my word for it -- its she that has blabbed to Sir Morgan about the funeral . And I 'd be glad to think _ that _ were the worst : for I heard it whispered once or twice to-day that Sir Morgan had got notice of your return . Black Will saw an express of Sir Morgan 's riding off to Carnarvon : and , by one that left Machynleth at noon I heard that Alderman Gravesend was stirring with all his bull-dogs . '' `` Well , -- I think they 'll hardly catch me this night . And , as the moon will soon be rising , I would advise you to make the best of your way to Aberkilvie . Pleasant moonlight to you ; and give my compliments to your wife . ''