About
noon
He was a traveller without guile . In fact -LRB- so he stated -RRB- , he had not even spoken with the president or been in his presence since his arrival . During this disturbance , White was preparing for his homeward voyage in the steamship that was to sail within two or three days . About noon , Keogh , the restless , took his camera out with the hope of speeding the lagging hours . The town was now as quiet as if peace had never departed from her perch on the red-tiled roofs . About the middle of the afternoon , Keogh hurried back to the hotel with something decidedly special in his air . He retired to the little room where he developed his pictures .