midday
All her swelling 's got into her legs . '' And Hans was immensely interested . During the morning business was comparatively slack . Sabina answered the shop bell , attended to a few customers who drank a liqueur to warm their stomachs before the midday meal , and ran upstairs now and again to ask the Frau if she wanted anything . But in the afternoon six or seven choice spirits played cards , and everybody who was anybody drank tea or coffee . `` Sabina ... Sabina ... '' She flew from one table to the other , counting out handfuls of small change , giving orders to Anna through the `` slide , '' helping the men with their heavy coats , always with that magical child air about her , that delightful sense of perpetually attending a party . `` How is the Frau Lehmann ? ''