noon
At once he said to Count Saxe : `` Sir , I beg that you will excuse me while I read my letters brought me by Captain Babache . '' `` Since when have you eaten , Gaston Cheverny ? '' asked my master . `` At noon , Monsieur . '' `` And you are not hungry ? '' `` I am as hungry as a wolf . '' `` Then sit you down and eat , and not until you have supped shall you read a single line of love . ''