about noon
`` Why so ? '' `` Because there is no such girl . '' `` Excuse me , '' I said , `` but probably you do not know her . I have just come from one of the houses yonder , where she is expected about noon , and I came out to try and meet her . '' `` Do you know her ? '' she asked . `` No -- or , rather , I hope so ; I can not tell till I see her . ''