midday
To which Perona suavely assented . '' _ Por Dios Señorito _ , '' he said to me , `` we would not have your great government annoyed at Nareda . If there are smugglers , we will capture them of a certainty . '' From the Government House , it now being almost time for the midday meal , I returned to Spawn 's . The rambling mud walls of the Inn stood baking in the noonday heat when I arrived . The outer garden drowsed ; there seemed no one about . I went through the main door oval into the front public room , where first I had met Spawn .