about noon
`` What do you mean ? '' cried Marcia , startled , flushing . `` I mean this , '' laughed Ydo . `` That he , '' pointing to Hayden , `` came to me about noon , frantic over the disappearance of his claims on Eldorado . After he had explained the circumstances to me I knew in a minute that thou wert the woman . I did n't have to gaze into my crystal or run the cards to see that . But why , why ?