noon
A short consultation in which it was decided that Grace must represent her family at Miriam 's wedding , and she was speeding upstairs to pack a steamer trunk . The mere glance at a huge cedar chest in which reposed her own wedding gown sent a chill to her heart . Listlessly she made her preparations for the flitting . She would take the noon train which would reach New York at nine o'clock that evening , provided her Fairy Godmother should decide not to go to the wedding . Should she do so , then they would probably wait until the following morning . At all events she would be ready . Her labor of packing accomplished , Grace set off for her interview with Mrs. Gray .