noon
I have often seen him in Pinkus 's room with those spectacles on . So I hid the spectacles , and thought to myself that I would say nothing about them to Pinkus , but give them myself to Hippus , and see whether he could be of use to me in business . I carried about the glasses till to-day , expecting to see him ; and when he did not come , I asked Pinkus for him , and he answered , ` I know not where he is hiding . ' And to-day , at noon , as I entered the inn , Pinkus came running toward me , and said , ` Schmeie , ' said he , ` if you want to speak to Hippus , you 'll have to go into the water ; he has been found in the water . ' It went through me like a shot when he said this , and I had to hold on by the wall . '' Anton went to his writing-table , dashed off a few lines to the detective , who had not long left him , rang the bell , and desired the servant to take the note in all haste . Meanwhile Tinkeles had sunk down on a chair , and kept muttering unintelligibly .