Noon
`` Do n't try this again , Jonas , '' he said , and he closed the door after his steward . Once more Jonas took up his vigil . He left his chair at nine o'clock to telephone Charley Abbott that the Secretary had gone to New York , then he returned to his place . Noon came , afternoon waned . As dusk drew on again , Jonas went once more to the telephone . `` That you , Miss Allen ? ... This is Jonas ... .