noon
He drives straight to Connery and learns that Lindmeyer 's address is New York . He will not wait for a letter to reach him , and just pausing at the stable to take in Briggs , goes at once to the station . It is a long , bothersome quest . The young man does not come home at noon , so he waits awhile and then sets off in search of him , making two calls just after he has left the places , but at last success crowns his efforts . But Lindmeyer can not come up the next day . There is an expert trial of some machinery for which he is engaged at ten . It may take two or three hours , it may hold him all day .