noon
Why , sometimes I dream of the shell-fish of Marseilles , and wake up crying ! '' -LSB- Illustration : _ `` It 's a hard life , by all accounts , '' murmured the Rat _ -RSB- `` That reminds me , '' said the polite Water Rat ; `` you happened to mention that you were hungry , and I ought to have spoken earlier . Of course , you will stop and take your mid-day meal with me ? My hole is close by ; it is some time past noon , and you are very welcome to whatever there is . '' `` Now I call that kind and brotherly of you , '' said the Sea Rat . `` I was indeed hungry when I sat down , and ever since I inadvertently happened to mention shell-fish , my pangs have been extreme . But could n't you fetch it along out here ?