noon
Talbot and Yank did not seem so impressed . Finally Talbot called a halt . `` This is all very well ; if you kids like to look at yellow fever , blackjack , and corruption , all right , '' said he . `` But we 've got to start pretty soon after noon , and in the meantime where do we eat ? '' We returned through the town . It was now filled to overflowing with our compatriots . They surged everywhere , full of comment and curiosity .