noon
`` Piper ! how long have I been asleep ? '' `` Why , sir , you 've slept round the clock and a bit more . It 's nigh noon of what was to-morrow when you turned in . '' No wonder he was hungry ; no wonder he was fresh ; no wonder that sound of hammering , which had disturbed him as he passed from a half-swoon into sleep , seemed so far off . `` Wednesday ! Then to-morrow 's Thursday ! ''