nearly noon
`` I caught one once twice as big as that in a place where we used to live . '' `` Do n't talk any more , son , '' said Anderson . `` All right , '' returned Eddy , generously , and turned the pages in silence . It was nearly noon when Sam Riggs came to the office door to announce Charlotte ; but she followed closely behind , and saw her brother over the butterfly-book . She was so surprised that she scarcely greeted Anderson . `` Why , Eddy Carroll , you here ? '' said she .