about noon
`` Who 's that guy in the tweed pea-jacket an ' looks like a city man ? '' he asked his host in an undertone , pointing at one of the tables where a stranger sat surrounded by four of the forest men . Abe 's powerful arms were folded as he leant on the counter . `` Blew in about noon , '' he said . `` Filled his belly with good hash an ' sat around since . '' `` He 's a bunch o ' the boys about him now , anyway . An ' I guess he 's talking quite a lot , an ' they 're doing most o ' the listening .