noon
Do n't know how long I can keep interested . `` Well , there we were , one day , seems like it ought to be about a week ago , give or take a couple of days . Anyway , I remember it was around noon ... '' It was one day around noon . Jed Dawkins had come in early from his experimental field to get his dinner , well , city folks would call it lunch , and so he 'd be ready afterwards for a talk with the colony committee . He 'd eaten his lunch , all right , a good one . There was never any scarcity of food on Eden .