noon
`` Telegram , '' came in smothered tones from Tom . `` Here it is . Lawrence handed it to me in the gym after the game . Said it came at noon , but Robey would n't let him give it to me . Bet you it 's from my dad . '' Tom tore the end from the yellow envelope and there was silence in the room for a moment . At last , with a queer expression on his battered countenance , he walked across and held the message out to Steve .