noon
`` Do n't you mean to stop ? '' Stephen asked , surprised that the car went on . `` No ; school 's begun . We 'll have to wait till the noon interval , and even then we sha n't be allowed indoors , for a good many of the girls are over twelve , the age for veiling -- _ hadjabah _ , they call it -- when they 're shut up , and no man , except near relations , can see their faces . Several of the girls are already engaged . I believe there 's one , not fourteen , who 's been divorced twice , though she 's still interested in dolls . Weird , is n't it ?