noon before
And how the hell , Casey would like to know , was a man going to explain himself when he could n't get a word in edgeways ? So Casey wanted bail . There were just two ways of getting it , and it went against the grain of his pride to take either one . That is why Casey waited until noon before his Irish stubbornness yielded a bit and he decided to wire me to come . He had to slip the wire out by the underground method -- meaning the good will of the trusty . It cost Casey ten dollars , but he did n't grudge that . He spent that afternoon and most of the night mentally calling the trusty a liar and a thief because there was no reply to the message .