noon
` I shall be ready , if you really mean it . ' ` That 's an if worthy only of a courtier . There may be much virtue in an if , as Touchstone says , for the taking up of a quarrel ; but that if is bad enough to breed one , ' said Falconer , laughing . ` Be at the Paddington Station at noon to-morrow . To tell the whole truth , I want you to help me with my father . ' This last was said at the door as he showed me out . In the afternoon we were nearing Bristol .