about noon
`` Our steamer reached New York on Thursday noon . I took the night train for Washington , where I arrived at five on Friday morning . I took the morning boat for Aquia Creek , and the train for Richmond and Charlottesville . I got here about noon . '' `` And you have not seen your _ protéges _ ? '' `` Yes , I have seen my boy pass the hotel twice to-day . I knew him by his likeness to his unfortunate father .