noon
I had forgotten him . `` Oh , it was merely a slip of the tongue . '' I poked the matting with my cane . `` It is high noon ; we had best hunt up a lunch . I have an engagement with the American military attaché at two , so you will have to take care of yourself till dinner . '' Let me tell you what happened in the military club that night . I was waiting for Col. J -- of the Queen 's Light , who was to give me the plan of the fall maneuvers in Africa .