noon
`` I said you were busily engaged , but it is some young woman who begs to speak to you a moment . '' Mrs. Schuyler excused herself and left the room , and Tibbetts , smoothing down her trim white apron , followed . `` Another would-be secretary , '' my hostess said , as she returned . `` I do n't know how a report that I wanted one travelled so quickly , but I 've had three offered since noon . '' `` Do the Schuyler ladies still object ? '' `` No ; at least , they are willing . But I do n't want any except a capable one .