midday
`` I made my man get up so that I might have some as soon as I got home . '' Giovanni assented . The presence of some one with whom he could speak made him realise that he was almost exhausted for want of food . It was morning , and he had eaten nothing since the preceding midday , and little enough then . In a few minutes they reached San Giacinto 's lodging . There was a lamp burning brightly on the table of the sitting-room , and a little fire was smouldering on the hearth . Giovanni sank into a chair , worn out with hunger and fatigue , while the servant brought the coffee and set it on the table .