noon
As they both had to pass directly by the table at which sat Miss Adair and Mr. Height , of course they both paused for greetings , which included the introduction of Mr. Height to Mr. Farraday . `` I could hardly eat in this beautiful cool place when I thought that maybe you would work on in the hot office with nothing with ice packed around it for your luncheon , '' said Miss Adair , as she raised her eyes to Mr. Vandeford 's with the adoration still intact after at least three-quarters of an hour assault upon it by Mr. Gerald Height 's disturbing personality . `` I wanted to go back for you , but Mr. Height said that Mr. Meyers fed you cold pie when you were busy , and that you roared dreadfully if anybody interrupted you when you were eating it ! '' `` He does , '' Mr. Farraday interjected , smiling down at her in a way that it was unwise to do in the Orangery at noon ; and it lighted a fuse he little suspected . Miss Violet Hawtry caught the smile in mid-air and then promptly turned her back and became all charming attention to the gentleman with whom she was having luncheon , who was no other than the celebrated Weiner , who had built three theatres in two years and was building more . He was of the bull-necked type of Hebrew and not of the sensitive , exquisite type of the sons of the House of David to which belong the E. & K. 's , and the S. & S. , as well as the great B. D. `` When will the new theatre be completed , Mr. Weiner ? '' Miss Hawtry asked , as she turned over an iced shrimp and tore at a lettuce leaf with her fork .