noon
George 's decision to have Kemp meet Madge had been founded on the realization that it would be unbearably awkward if he should pass Becky on the road . She had sent back his pendant without a word , and there was no telling how she was taking it . If the thing were ever renewed -- and his mind dwelt daringly on that possibility , explanations would be easy -- but he could n't make explanation if she saw him first in a car with another woman . It was thus that Madge , arriving on the noon train , found Kemp waiting for her . Kemp was very fond of Miss MacVeigh . She was not a snob and there were so many snobs among Dalton 's friends . She talked to him as if he were a man and not a mechanical toy .