About noon
`` I have raised the money . '' With a shout that startled the other occupants of the room , Balt and Clyde jumped to their feet and began to caper about in a frenzy . Even `` Fingerless '' Fraser 's expressionless face cracked in a wide grin of amazement . `` About noon I was called on the ` phone by Hilliard . He asked me to come down to the bank at once , and I went . He said he had reconsidered , and wanted to put up the money . It 's up .