noon
`` I declare you make me mad , '' said Abby , but she looked at her adoringly . `` Here 's Ed Flynn , '' she added . `` He 'll look out for you . Good-bye , I 'll see you at noon . '' Abby went away to her machine . She was stitching vamps by the piece , and earning a considerable amount . The Atkinses were not so distressed as they had been , and Abby was paying off a mortgage .