noon
He had sat three hours last night with ... and ... and ... and ... , -LSB- It would be interesting to know who were these persons . -RSB- and they had all declared the same thing . But he said nothing of the whipping of Master Richard , and I truly believe that he knew nothing of it . So the hour for the questioning was fixed at noon , and the place to be in my lord cardinal 's privy parlour . * * * * * Now that morning , as I told you , I was no more than usually heavy . I remembered Master Richard 's name before God upon the altar , and at ten o'clock I went to dinner in the parsonage . It was a very bright hot day , and I had the windows wide , and listened to the bees that were very busy in the garden .