nearly noon
And then , after a moment 's pause , she added , gayly : `` And now tell me what has brought you here so suddenly . '' `` Did I not promise you that I would be in Richmond this Sunday morning , in time to attend you to church ? '' `` Yes , you did , but -- '' `` Well , I could not get in so early as I intended , because I came on by the train that leaves Wendover at midnight . So I did not reach the city until nearly noon to-day . However , if I was not in time to attend you _ to _ church , I was in time to attend you _ from _ church . So I kept my promise tolerably well . '' `` Yes ; but , my dear friend , I particularly requested that you would wait at Wendover and watch certain events , and not come to Richmond until something had happened or was about to happen . ''