Possible Clues:

• Just not enough of a noble to be in New York
• Almost too soon after noon
• It's almost too soon to be after the North
• Is it too soon to get below the North? Not quite
• The North not of late and not quite
• Not the late North - not quite
• Not quite the North too soon
• Too soon for the North? Well, almost
• All but a quarter premature
• Too soon to have lost one's head? Not quite