noon
Oh , why had he an idiot brother ? Oh , why , in general , was the world so constituted that a man could not take his mother 's guineas comfortably ? David became grimly speculative . Copious dinner at noon for Jacob ; but little dinner , because little appetite , for David . Instead of eating , he plied Jacob with beer ; for through this liberality he descried a hope . Jacob fell into a dead sleep , at last , without having his arms round David , who paid the reckoning , took his bundle , and walked off . In another half-hour he was on the coach on his way to Liverpool , smiling the smile of the triumphant wicked .