noon
`` Certainly ! -- you are hospitality itself , Santoris ! '' and Mr. Harland shook him warmly by the hand -- `` What time shall we start the race ? '' `` Suppose we say noon ? '' `` Agreed ! '' We then prepared to go . I turned to Santoris and in a quiet voice thanked him for his kindness in escorting me to Loch Coruisk , and for the pleasant afternoon we had passed .