noon
The gloom of Maguire 's death held him in its pall throughout the day in court . He hurried uptown to meet Mary as she left the big confectionery store at closing time . Mary had been busy and worried through the day . At noon she had gone to the station to bid goodbye to Henrietta Bailey , who was now well on her way to the old town and Joe . As the working day drew to a close Mary was kept busy filling a large order for a kindly faced society woman and her pretty daughter . `` You have waited on me several times before , '' she told Mary , `` and you have such good taste . I want the very cutest bon-bons and favors , and they must be delivered up on Riverside Drive to our house in time for dinner .