noon on Saturday
Jacinth 's patience began to give way . ` You are too bad , Frances , ' she said . ` You are spoiling my work and losing any chance you have of getting the book . If you wait till the afternoon , most likely all the Miss Scarletts will be out or engaged , and I rather think -- yes , I am sure the boarders told me that the school-books are locked up at noon on Saturday till Monday morning . Ask for Miss Marcia , if you like ; you 've just as good a chance of seeing her as the others . But you must decide . Are you going or not ? '