noon
He made a pretence to read , but it was plain to see that his mind was not on his book . He kept leaving his chair to go and look at the clock ; then he would lay the volume aside and wander from room to room like a lost soul . His thoughts were on the dock at Hoboken . By noon every little detail had been attended to and there was nothing further to do but sit and wait for the arrival of Stott and Shirley . They were to be expected any moment now . The passengers had probably got off the steamer by eleven o'clock . It would take at least two hours to get through the Customs and out to Massapequa .