noon
Thanks to her friend , their shopping had been so expeditious that the day was still young . Mary was fired by the determination to have some sort of nest for her tired and probably disheartened husband to return to that evening , and Miss Mason entered whole-heartedly into the scheme . The transportation of their scattered purchases was the main difficulty , but it yielded to the little spinster 's inspiration . A list of their performances between noon and five o'clock would read like the description of a Presidential candidate 's day . They dashed back to the studio and reassured themselves as to the labors of the janitress . Miss Mason unearthed the lurking husband , and demanded of him a friend and a hand-cart . These she galvanized him into producing on the spot , and sent the pair off armed with a list of goods to be retrieved .