noon
This Court is so full of treachery that I can trust no one , and we must never warn the villain that he is suspected -- '' `` Good . Say nothing to anybody . '' They had reached the door of the study , now . `` I think I 'll be here until noon . If I leave earlier , I 'll flash you a signal . '' * * * * * He entered the big oval room , lighted from overhead by the great star-map in the ceiling , and crossed to his desk , with the viewscreens and reading screens and communications screens around it , and as he sat down , he cursed angrily , first at Harv Dorflay and then , after a moment 's reflection , at himself . He was the one to blame ; he 'd known Dorflay 's paranoid condition for years .