noon
Now , as the Noble Rose was the first inn in Sendennis , and one that the town was proud of , I naturally knew of its whereabouts , though I was not so well acquainted with it as with a certain other and more ill-favoured hostelry that shall be nameless . The Noble Rose was in favour with the country gentry and the gentlemen of the Chisholm Hunt , and it would scarcely have welcomed a tradesman 's son within its walls as readily as the rapscallion Skull and Spectacles did . But I felt that I should be welcomed anywhere as the friend of Captain Marmaduke Amber , for as a friend I already began to regard him . So I assured him that I would duly present myself to him at the Noble Rose on the morrow , between eleven of the clock and noon . ` That 's right , lad , ' he said ; and then , turning to my mother , he took her worn hand in his strong one , and , to my surprise and pleasure , kissed it with a reverential courtesy , as if she had been a Court lady . As Captain Marmaduke turned to go I caught at his hand . ` Where is Lancelot ? '