noon
He was as absurd and as repulsive as a gorged pig asleep in a wallow . The dawn burst into broad day , but she sat on motionless until the clock struck the half-hour after six . Then she returned to the bedroom and locked herself in again . Toward noon she dressed and went into the sitting-room . He was gone and it had been put to rights . When he came , at twenty minutes to one , she was standing at the window , but she did not turn . `` Did you get my note ? ''