about noon
Aileen understood this clearly enough in a way . Now , when it came to thinking of leaving and shifting for herself , in order to avoid a trip which she did not care to be forced into , her courage was based largely on this keen sense of her own significance to the family . She thought over what her father had said , and decided she must act at once . She dressed for the street the next morning , after her father had gone , and decided to step in at the Calligans ' about noon , when Mamie would be at home for luncheon . Then she would take up the matter casually . If they had no objection , she would go there . She sometimes wondered why Cowperwood did not suggest , in his great stress , that they leave for some parts unknown ; but she also felt that he must know best what he could do .