About one o'clock
He did not telephone . There were a dozen calls on the wire that morning , but she had her maid take the messages . There was always the fear that he might try to reach her while some one of her idle friends was engaged in making a protracted visit with her over the wire . About one o'clock Simmy Dodge called up to ask if he could run in and have luncheon with her . `` I 've got a message for you , '' he said . Her heart began to beat so violently that she was afraid he would hear it through the receiver at his ear . She could not trust herself to speak for a moment .