noon
Next morning , he splashed up and shaved beard away from a tired , red-eyed face in the mirror . Then , he waited . No one came . Finally , at noon a new officer checked in for duty at the guardhouse . Lance recognized him as a young ordinance captain he 'd met before . He called out to the man . The officer , striding down the hallway , wheeled at the sound of his name and came back to the cell .