about noon
`` Well , Cousin E. E. , it sha n't be said that you are related to a coward . I 'll go down to see these city lions ; but when ? '' `` Well , to-day , '' says Cousin Dempster . `` Just come down to the office about noon , and I 'll go with you . '' `` Just so , '' says I , feeling a little shivery . `` Would you like to go , darling ? '' says he speaking to his little girl , as if half afraid .