noon
I only hope the gate of the treasurer 's house is still open . '' Orion , too , looked at the sun and then remarked : `` To-day is Sanutius . '' `` I know , '' said Katharina . `` That is why Anubis was free at noon . '' `` And for the same reason , '' added Orion , `` there is not a soul at work now in the office . '' This was awkward . Not for worlds would she have been seen in the house ; and knowing , as she did from her games with Mary , every nook and corner of it , she began to consider her position .