noon
`` Why , I 'd be willing to serve as the preacher to see you and Miss Enid get married , '' said Quin heartily . Then his thoughts flew after his departed Tuxedo and the gorgeous wing-toed pumps . `` What 'll I have to wear ? '' `` It is to be a noon affair , '' reassured Mr. Chester . `` Simple morning coat , you know , and light-gray tie . '' Quin 's ideas concerning a morning coat were extremely vague , and the possibility of his procuring one vaguer still ; but the occasion was too portentous to admit of hesitation . He and Mr. Chester continued their walk to the far end of the shed , and then stood looking down at the coal cars being loaded from the yards .