midday
`` It will be a pleasure for me to help you as I would a brother , and you will owe me no gratitude for it , '' I said . We sat discussing our plans for the future until near midnight . When we went to bed at last , Rayel looked happier than I had seen him before since my recovery at the hospital . When I awoke it was near midday . I went to call Rayel and found that he was gone . After waiting for him nearly an hour I went to a neighboring restaurant for breakfast . On returning I found that he had not yet come back .