noon
But when it came she got up and ate it from the table , after all . That morning she found a fairly comfortable room , more within her means , on the North Side in the boardinghouse district . She unpacked and hung up her clothes and drifted downtown again , idly . It was noon when she came to the corner of State and Madison Streets . It was a maelstrom that caught her up , and buffeted her about , and tossed her helplessly this way and that . The thousands jostled Terry , and knocked her hat awry , and dug her with unheeding elbows , and stepped on her feet . `` Say , look here ! ''