noon
When the others had gone , Billie sat quietly in his room for a long time . He could easily have gone to sleep , as he had had only a couple of hours ' rest , but he made up his mind that he would not be caught napping again if anything should happen . But nothing happened . The minutes passed into hours and it was rapidly nearing noon when Billie made up his mind that it was a bad job . `` We had our chance at daylight , '' he muttered , `` and now we will not get another . Whoever is after the box , has it and is not going to take any further chance of being caught . '' He went out into the patio and looked up at the sun .