noon
If that was n't Eve 's good luck , why , I ask you . '' `` And when you were bathing -- '' `` Oh , that -- that was another , '' Carrie replied hastily . `` I 'll tell you -- '' But Kate heard herself called away at that moment , and hurried back into the hall . Her genius for administration was the ruling power in the work of decoration , and the enthusiasm of the helpers needed her controlling hand to get the work done by noon , which was the time fixed for the wedding . But omen was the talk everywhere ; it was impossible to avoid it . Every soul in the place had her omen . Jane Restless had a magpie .