noon
Slipping into her home fortunately without arousing any of her family , she had gone to bed with the intention of getting a rest of an hour or two . Sleep , she was sure , would be impossible , for she felt far too excited and upset . Yet she had not realized how utterly exhausted she was . Hardly had her head touched the pillow before she was lost to everything , and it was long after noon when a maid aroused her to announce that Captain Seymour had ` phoned that he would call at three . As she dressed to receive him , she was wondering how she should greet him . Blushingly she recalled the impassioned kiss he had pressed on her lips -- why it was only yesterday . It had seemed ages and ages ago , so much had intervened .