noon
`` Oh , you 're a naughty flatterer , Mr. Counselor ! ... '' she chided . `` I speak nothing but the truth , the unadulterated truth , my word of honor ! '' `` Please ma'am it is already noon , '' interrupted the nurse , who had returned . `` You are bound for the theater , Madame Directress ? '' `` Yes , I 'll drop in to see the rehearsal , and then take a walk about town . '' `` Then we will go together , agreed ?