nearly noon
`` It 's me -- Ben ! '' `` Say , Eddie , have a heart , will you ! I need the sleep -- '' Brandes ' voice was almost jovial : `` Wake up , you poor tout ! It 's nearly noon -- '' `` Well , was n't I singing hymns with Doc and Cap till breakfast time ? And believe _ me _ , we trimmed the Senator 's bunch ! They 've got their transportation back to Albany , and that 's about all -- '' `` Careful what you say . I 'm talking from the Gayfield House .