Noon
`` He 's wearing out that whip . I wonder if he thinks I buy the best whalebone for him to court with . She 'd like ` im better if he 'd set still , anyway , and not be cavorting about like a jumping-jack . '' Noon came , and Henley saw the pair alight from the buggy and walk across to the hotel . Thereupon he betook himself to the house of his friends , and had his own dinner . When it was time to start home he went down to the wagon-yard . He found them seated in the buggy , and , to his surprise , he saw nothing in the manner of either to indicate that any sort of understanding had been reached .