noon
Fanny did not look up . That was Friday . On Saturday her vacation took a personally conducted turn . She had planned to get away at noon , as most office heads did on Saturday , during the warm weather . When her ` phone rang at eleven she answered it mechanically as does one whose telephone calls mean a row with a tardy manufacturer , an argument with a merchandise man , or a catalogue query from the printer 's . The name that came to her over the telephone conveyed nothing to her . `` Who ? ''