noon
At ten o'clock the next morning , Quincy entered the office of the Isburn Detective Bureau . `` I have good news for you , Quincy , '' said Mary . `` I have found out from London that Macquay Hooker is a banker in Rome , and I have cabled him , asking who the other two endorsers are . We should receive a reply by noon at the latest . '' A good half hour before noon a messenger boy came in and handed Mary an envelope . She scanned the cablegram quickly , and handed it over to Quincy . It read , `` Tombini banker , Drake American consul , Palermo , Sicily . ''