noon exactly
`` I think we may consider the thing as settled -- that is , if the rooms are agreeable to you . '' `` When shall we see them ? '' `` Call for me here at noon to-morrow , and we 'll go together and settle everything , '' he answered . `` All right -- noon exactly , '' said I , shaking his hand . We left him working among his chemicals , and we walked together towards my hotel . `` By the way , '' I asked suddenly , stopping and turning upon Stamford , `` how the deuce did he know that I had come from Afghanistan ? '' My companion smiled an enigmatical smile .