noon
`` You 've got to decide , honey ; I ca n't . '' She turned away , sighing , and his forehead was damp . Till she went , four days later , she was curiously still , he cumbrously affectionate . Her train left at noon . As he saw it grow small beyond the train-shed he longed to hurry to Tanis . `` No , by golly , I wo n't do that ! '' he vowed .