noon
He acted as though he did n't know whether he was loopin ' the loops or having a dream that was too good to be true . Once or twice he tried to unloosen some remarks ; but Sis and Dicky was both talkin ' to once and he never got a show . They was tellin ' him how glad they was to see him again , and what a great man he was , and how Sis was comin ' back to town next month for the rest of the season , and all that -- when right in the middle of it the door opens and in comes Mr. Robert . Say , I felt like a noon extra in a bunch of six o'clock editions . I 'd balled things up lovely , I had ! Why , the only times a general office hand ever gets a chance to stand on the Persian rug in the boss 's office is just before he gets the run or is boosted into a five-figure salary . And here I has a twelve-dollar man usin ' it like a public reception hall !