noon
Nobody expects much from them , but they 're not going to lose half a chance . He was a great man . '' `` You will hear at once from London if anything transpires to help you ? '' `` We shall hear by noon at latest . '' Sir Walter left them then , and Masters took the four to their accommodation . Their rooms were situated together in the corridor , as near the east end of it as possible . But the four were not yet of one mind , and when they met presently , and walked together in the garden for an hour , it appeared that while two of them agreed with Inspector Frith , under whom all acted , the fourth held to a contrary view , and desired to take the second of the two channels his chief had mentioned .