noon
`` I du n no . She hai n't come in ; mebbe she 's hangin ' that May-basket for the prize-fighter , '' giggled Lotty . Business was very brisk that day , and Lizzie had no leisure for anything else . But at noon , when she was going out to her lunch , it occurred to her that Becky had not yet appeared . Where _ could _ she be ? She had always been punctual to a minute . The afternoon was busier than the morning , and once more Becky was forgotten .