about noon
`` By the way , '' the lawyer added , `` I shall bear you in mind , and , should I have any work which I think you can do , I will send for you . '' `` I shall be glad to serve you in any way , sir . '' So saying , Harry left the office . He was so much in a hurry to show his present at home that , though it was still early , he decided to take the next train , which would bring him home about noon . His mother and Mr. Wilkins had just seated themselves at the dinner table when Harry entered . `` What ! home already , Harry ? ''