midday
`` Well , at any rate , master , I will today set about getting Sir William Baxter 's off the shield . Methinks that , with some sand from the river bed , I shall be able to manage it with an hour 's rubbing . '' `` Now , come along , Roger . There is no time to be lost , for I dine at midday with the Earl of Talbot . Master Pemberton will show us where the armour is lying . '' There was , indeed , a large pile . Oswald then said , `` As you are known , Master Pemberton , you had better stop here ; for it will take some picking before Roger is suited .