noon
It was so unlike what they had expected that the big boys did not know what to make of it , or how to take it . Bob could not decide whether it was best to begin a war , or wait till something happened , and then have a grand battle . So the forenoon passed without any disturbance . Philip saw Bob at noon . `` You are a coward , Bob , or you would have pitched Paul heels over head out of the door . I would if I were there , and so would you if you had as much gumption as an old setting hen . I thought you were going to ` sweeten him , ' '' he said , with a sneer .