midday
The English with all their faults allow freedom in religion . It is these hated Jesuits . And I believe they are answerable for the murder of our heroic King . '' Wanamee summoned them to the midday repast . The plain walnut boards that formed the table had been polished until the beautiful grain and the many curvings were brought out like the shades of a painting . If the dishes were a motley array , a few pieces of silver and polished pewter with common earthenware and curious cups of carved wood as well as birch-bark platters , the viands were certainly appetizing . `` One will not starve in this new country , '' he said .