About noon
`` Yes , there are some English there ; one can live wherever there are English , '' said Gawtrey . `` Hum ! '' grunted Birnie , drily , and , buttoning up his coat , he walked slowly away . About noon he returned with a bundle of clothes , which Gawtrey , who always regained his elasticity of spirit wherever there was fair play to his talents , examined with great attention , and many exclamations of `` Bon ! -- c’est va. '' `` I have done well with the Jew , '' said Birnie , drawing from his coat pocket two heavy bags . `` One hundred and eighty napoleons . We shall commence with a good capital . ''