about noon
Here , if ever , was the opportunity to assert my independence a la Jed Dean and Alvin Baker . But to assert it now , after he had done the unexpected , after the mountain had come to Mahomet , seemed caddish and ridiculous . So I temporized , weakly . `` I did n't read your letter until about noon , '' I said . `` I see . Well , I waited until two o'clock and then I decided to hunt you up . I called at your house .