noon
`` I 've got a few more things to think about , too . So what difference does a half hour or so make ? '' Bat got to bed at his hotel at about midnight ; but it was several hours later before he got to sleep , for the events of the night tossed and mingled in his mind in a most distracting fashion . Consequently , next day , he arose late , and when he reached the gymnasium it was almost noon . A note lay upon his desk in the office written in a well-known hand . `` I have taken the liberty of borrowing Danny , '' it read . `` There is a matter of some importance which I desire to get at the bottom of , and a small red-haired boy is perhaps the best agent I could employ .