about noon
I shall find her , -- I do n't know how or where , but I never will give up the quest until I succeed ! '' `` Good for you , '' cried Patty , `` that 's the way to talk ! I 'll help , -- and though there 's not any apparent way to look just now , -- we 'll find one . '' It was about noon when Van Reypen was called to the telephone . A strange but pleasant voice spoke to him , and asked him if he knew Alice Adams . `` No , I do n't , '' said Phil , wonderingly . `` She knows you , and -- well , I may be doing the wrong thing , but I wish you could come here . ''