twelve o'clock
Mrs Lambert seemed satisfied , but it was Mr Lambert whom she wanted to see , and she dare not address him before his mother . On the second day after her arrival Mrs Lambert said there would be friends to sup , and Bryda must make a cake and some apple pies , and Mrs Symes had her orders to put things ready for her in the kitchen . Up to this time the glimpse Bryda had of the apprentice at the door was all she had seen of him . But when she went down into the kitchen at twelve o'clock she found him seated at a very untempting meal , with Sam the footboy and Mrs Symes . But whether the repast was tempting or not made but little difference to Chatterton . He had a book open before him , and only now and then swallowed a bit of the unsavoury morsels provided , and preserved a haughty silence when Mrs Symes questioned him as to any of the gossip current in Bristol . Presently she pushed back her chair , and before departing to the back kitchen with Sam she placed , with rather a bad grace , a rolling pin and flour and butter on a board at a side-table , some apples and a jar of raisins and spice and coarse sugar , saying , -- ` Will that suit your fine cookery , miss ?