noon
There he had fallen asleep and awakened about eleven , to find that there was nothing in the ice-box except a spoonful of potato salad . This he had eaten , together with some chocolate drops that he found on Kitty 's bureau . This morning he had breakfasted hurriedly down town before going to the office . But at noon , beginning to worry about Kitty , he had decided to go home and take her out to lunch . After that there had been the note on his pillow . The pile of lingerie in the closet was gone -- and she had left instructions for sending her trunk . He had never been so hungry , he thought .