noon
`` I had thought that you would be longer away . '' `` I am back sooner than I expected , Uncle . Will you order supper to be brought up here , for Roger and myself ? We are both hard set ; though , indeed , we had a meal of bread and cheese , at noon , at a wayside tavern . '' `` Brother Roger has behaved well ? '' `` Excellently . He has cracked but two sconces since we left , and these were on my behalf .