midday
Jeeves 's morbid scruples about lacing the chap 's orange juice had put me to a good deal of trouble , but I had surmounted every obstacle in the old Wooster way . I had secured an abundance of the necessary spirit , and it was now lying in its flask in the drawer of the dressing-table . I had also ascertained that the jug , duly filled , would be standing on a shelf in the butler 's pantry round about the hour of one . To remove it from that shelf , sneak it up to my room , and return it , laced , in good time for the midday meal would be a task calling , no doubt , for address , but in no sense an exacting one . It was with something of the emotions of one preparing a treat for a deserving child that I finished my tea and rolled over for that extra spot of sleep which just makes all the difference when there is man 's work to be done and the brain must be kept clear for it . And when I came downstairs an hour or so later , I knew how right I had been to formulate this scheme for Gussie 's bucking up . I ran into him on the lawn , and I could see at a glance that if ever there was a man who needed a snappy stimulant , it was he .