about noon
Dorothy asked , secretly glad the `` getting out '' was finished , and that she would not have to write another parade story that day . `` First-rate , '' answered the young man , `` and I think your father will be pleased . You had better go home and take him a copy , he may be anxious to see one . '' `` I 'll go now , '' she told Ralph , `` and I 'll be back about noon , when the boys come in from their routes . '' Dorothy passed out , and closed the door after her . Ralph went to the far end of the office , to finish folding the papers . Scarcely had he taken one sheet in his hand than he heard something in the hall .