noon before
`` A man , of course . Any man . '' `` All right , '' says I. `` I 'll try to collect somebody , even if I have to draft Piddie . '' Saturday afternoon is apt to be more or less of a busy time at the Corrugated though , so it 's near noon before I remembers my promise and begins to look around panicky . No , Mr. Piddie could n't oblige . He 'd planned to take the fam ` ly to the Bronx . Sudders , our assistant auditor , was booked for an all day golf orgie .