noon
-LSB- 2 -RSB- Dark as the pit . -LSB- 3 -RSB- Sold up . For a day that was begun so ill , the day passed fairly well . We had the porridge cold again at noon , and hot porridge at night ; porridge and small beer was my uncle 's diet . He spoke but little , and that in the same way as before , shooting a question at me after a long silence ; and , when I sought to lead him in talk about my future , slipped out of it again . In a room next door to the kitchen , where he suffered me to go , I found a great number of books , both Latin and English , in which I took great pleasure all the afternoon . Indeed the time passed so lightly in this good company , that I began to be almost reconciled to my residence at Shaws ; and nothing but the sight of my uncle , and his eyes playing hide and seek with mine , revived the force of my distrust .