about noon
`` I find I have not got the little document with me , '' said he , carelessly ; `` I suppose it 's lying about , with other loose papers , at the office , or I may have left it at the earl 's '' -- -LSB- though Gammon 's objects required him here to allude to the Earl of Dreddlington , I think it only fair to say that he had never been , for one instant in his life , in that great man 's company . -RSB- `` I 'll tell you what , Mr. Gammon . '' said Tag-rag , considering -- `` Your office is at Saffron Hill ? Well , I shall be passing in your direction to-morrow , on my way to my city establishment , about noon , and will look in and do all you wish . '' `` Could you arrange to meet the earl there ? -- or , as his Lordship 's movements are -- ah , ha ! -- not very '' -- `` Should be most proud to meet his Lordship , sir , to express my personal gratitude '' -- `` Oh , the earl never likes to be reminded , Mr. Tag-rag , of any little courtesy or kindness he may have conferred !