noon
`` Why -- I do n't know ! '' Peter said , smiling nervously . She was silent , and they parted without any further reference to meeting for lunch . But every time he was summoned to the telephone Peter felt a thrill of expectation , and at noon his office swam suddenly before his eyes when the lovely voice was really addressing him . She was at the ferry , Cherry said ; she had finished shopping , and was going home . `` That 's fine ! '' Peter said , quite as he would have said it a month ago .