noon
You ca n't change your dress before eight , and you simply ca n't go to the Langdons ' box in that . '' `` I 'm not going to the Langdons ' box . '' `` You were , and Mr. Forrest was to dine here and take you . '' `` Mr. Forrest left for the West on sudden orders at noon , and came at ten to tell me . '' Mrs. Lawrence 's hands and eyes went up in mad dismay . `` You do n't mean to tell me you 've given up going because that man 's ordered off ? Child , child , you are simply bent on ruining yourself socially .