the noon of night
`` These suppers are all very fine , very pleasant , and merry . But we pay for them roundly . Every thing , my good lords , has its price , from a marble to a world . And easier of digestion , and better for both body and soul , are a half-haunch of venison and a gallon of mead , taken under the sun at meridian , than the soft bridal breast of a partridge , with some gentle negus , at the noon of night ! '' `` No lie that ! '' said Mohi . `` Beshrew me , in no well-appointed mansion doth the pantry lie adjoining the sleeping chamber .