About noon
All the rest were prisoners , and what to do with the despatches or how to get official instructions was now a deep problem . `` When you do n't know a thing to do , do n't do a thing , '' was one of Si Sylvanne 's axioms ; also , `` In case of doubt lay low and say nothing . '' Rolf hung around the town all day waiting for light . About noon a tall , straight , alert man in a buffalo coat drove up with a cutter . He had a hasty meal in an inside room . Rolf sized him up for an American officer , but there was a possibility of his being a Canadian . Rolf tried in vain to get light on him but the inner door was kept closed ; the landlord was evidently in the secret .