noon
But she had also welcomed his coming . And , when she had bidden him not to come , she had missed him . Right here she marked a distinction between him and the others . She missed him outside the office -- not only at noon , but at night . When she had opened that absurd box of flowers , she brought him into her room with her . She saw now that at the precise moment she opened that box she had lost her point of view . If she had wished to maintain it , she should have promptly done the box up again and sent it back to him .