Thursday
noon
I want to do this before deciding . '' `` Champney , I shall lose patience with you soon . You know you , ca n't run down to New York for even a day . Mr. Van Ostend states the fact baldly : ` Your decision I must have by telegraph , at the latest , by Thursday noon . ' That 's day after to-morrow . ` We sail on Saturday . ' Mr. Van Ostend is not a man to waste a breath , as you have said . ''