noon
What if , in an access of anger , he happened to speak his thoughts aloud ? He could imagine the amazement of the crowd . - - - The day wore on . At noon a strange horror seemed to travel over the Bronx Zoo , and within a short time every last visitor had precipitately departed . Bentley could now safely approach the wire mesh and look out and around over a wider radius . Right under the wire mesh was a newspaper someone had thrown away . By pressing tightly against the mesh Bentley could see the headlines .