midday
If you do not object to smoking while I sing , monsieur , I propose a little music to go on with . '' And it turned out that this singular assistant of a hairdresser had a very sympathetic voice , and no contemptible repertoire . Although the sky had now broken its promise shamefully and the downpour continued , Tricotrin found nothing to complain of . By midday one would have said that they had been comrades for years . By luncheon both had ceased even to regard the rain . And before evening approached , they had confided to each other their histories from the day of their birth . Ascertaining that the basement boasted a smudgy servant girl , who was to be dispatched for entrées and sauterne , Tricotrin drew up the menu of a magnificent dinner as the climax .