midday
`` They speak much of Signor Mal-lard at the osteria , '' said Spence . `` Your departure afflicts them , naturally , no doubt . Do you know whether any other Englishman ever braved that accommodation ? '' A country lad appeared , carrying a small hamper , wherein the party had brought their midday meal from Salerno . `` Why did you trouble ? '' said Mallard . `` We have cheese and salame in abundance . ''