noon
`` That can I , '' he said , `` and so methinks could every boy and man in the city . Turn to the right ; his house stands in a courtyard facing the Guildhall , and is indeed next door to the hall in the left-hand corner . '' The house was a large one , each storey , as usual , projecting over the one below it . Some apprentices were just putting up the shutters to the shop , for at noon most of the booths were closed , as at that hour there were no customers , and the assistants and apprentices all took their meal together . There was a private entrance to the house , and Edgar knocked at the door with the hilt of his dagger . A minute later a serving-man opened it . `` Is Master Robert Gaiton within ? ''