noon
He pressed the lever gently and took out the card . It was not a very good job of printing ; the ink was not quite evenly distributed , the type were so heavily impressed that they showed through the reverse of the card like stamping ; _ but each letter had evidently received the same amount of pressure ! _ Bobby uttered a little chuckle of joy -- he had not time for more -- and plunged into the rectification of minor errors . And by noon the press was working steadily , though slowly , and a very neat array of _ Mr. John Ordes _ was spread out on the window drying . The game was absorbing . Bobby brushed his type with the benzine and toothbrush ; distributed it and set up another name -- Miss Celia Carleton . He had printed nearly a dozen of these when his mother 's voice behind him interrupted his labours .