noon
Bob would have to go in with Uncle Timothy and let Sally have his usual quarters , the couch in the living-room . Sally 's room must be hastily put in guest-room order -- no easy task , in a space where every inch counts because it must be made the most of . She was thankful , for once , that she need expect none of her family home to luncheon . At noon , however , quite unexpectedly Bob ran in upon her , an errand from the office where he worked having brought him within a stone 's throw of home . He liked to surprise Sally with two-minute visits , when he could do so by making time over the rest of his course . `` Hello , what 's up ? '' was his greeting , as he surveyed his sister standing in the centre of an extraordinary confusion of furnishings which seemed to him to extend over the entire flat .