noon
Evidently rations for forty people were not being fetched . If they were furnished any sustenance it would have to be made on the premises . It was true that Marget went out with a basket every evening , but the spies ascertained that she always brought it back empty . The guests arrived at noon and filled the place . Father Adolf followed ; also , after a little , the astrologer , without invitation . The spies had informed him that neither at the back nor the front had any parcels been brought in . He entered , and found the eating and drinking going on finely , and everything progressing in a lively and festive way .