about noon
did you find Cecile and Joe , and did they send you for me ? and have I slept a long , long time , Anton ? It is quite too late to begin a journey to-day ? '' '' 'T is about noon , lad , '' replied Anton ; `` quite the hottest time of the day ; and I have not seen no Joe , nor no Cecile , though I wants to see 'em ; I ha ' been a-looking fur 'em ever since they turned tail in that shabby way in Paris . I has a little debt to settle wid 'em two , and I 'd like to see 'em again . '' `` Oh ! do you owe them money , and will you pay it ?