noon
The poor horse suffers for this , I doubt not ; for , What now ! and , Stand still , and be d -- d to ye , cries the fellow , with a kick , I suppose , which he better deserves himself ; for these varlets , where they can , are Mowbrays and Lovelaces to man or beast ; and not daring to answer him , is flaying the poor horse . I hear the fellow is just escaped , the horse , -LRB- better curried than ordinary , I suppose , in half the usual time , -RRB- by his clanking shoes , and Mowbray 's silence , letting me know , that I may now write on : and so , I will tell thee that , in the first place , -LRB- little as I , as well as you , regard dreams , -RRB- I would have thee lay thine to heart ; for I could give thee such an interpretation of it , as would shock thee , perhaps ; and if thou askest me for it , I will . Mowbray calls to me from the court-yard , that 't is a cursed hot day , and he shall be fried by riding in the noon of it : and that poor Belton longs to see me . So I will only add my earnest desire , that you will give over all thoughts of seeing the lady , if , when this comes to your hand , you have not seen her : and , that it would be kind , if you 'd come , and , for the last time you will ever see your poor friend , share my concern for him ; and , in him , see what , in a little time , will be your fate and mine , and that of Mowbray , Tourville , and the rest of us -- For what are ten , fifteen , twenty , or thirty years , to look back to ; in the longest of which periods forward we shall all perhaps be mingled with the dust from which we sprung ? All alive , dear Jack , and in ecstacy ! -- Likely to be once more a happy man !