noon
`` We 'll talk about that after a while . I must get that tree now , or those kiddies will think I am a rank impostor . '' Dorian looked at his watch . `` Why , it 's getting on toward noon . So long , for the present . '' Dorian found and cut a fairly good tree . The children were at the window when he appeared , and great was their joy when they saw him carry it to the woodshed and make a stand for it , then bring it in to them .