noon
`` There 's no ` phones around here , and if I did it would be hard work to hold him . There 'd have to be a warrant , and I 'd have to swear to a complaint . My mere word over the wire would n't be enough , I 'm afraid . And it 's near noon now . I do n't know what to do . '' Ruefully he gazed at his disabled carriage . `` I have it ! ''