noon
She fits the description of the gal you saw by the pool . '' `` That 's what I was hoping , '' said Orne . He changed into light-blue fatigues , went to the door of his room , let himself out into a hall . A glance at his wristchrono showed that it was shortly before noon -- time for a bit of scouting before they called lunch . He knew from his brief tour of the house and its similarity to the home of his childhood that the hall let into the main living salon . The public rooms and men 's quarters were in the outside ring . Secluded family apartments and women 's quarters occupied the inner section .