noon
If any one had looked back over his shoulder he would not have doubted that she lived there . Alice did not turn to see whether anything of the sort happened or not , but she may have surmised that it did . At all events , it was with an invigorated step that she left the gateway behind her and went cheerfully up the drive to the house of her friend Mildred . Adams had a restless morning , and toward noon he asked Miss Perry to call his daughter ; he wished to say something to her . `` I thought I heard her leaving the house a couple of hours ago -- maybe longer , '' the nurse told him . `` I 'll go see . '' And she returned from the brief errand , her impression confirmed by information from Mrs. Adams .