noon
The more he thought of Scoville 's death the more he felt the cruel injustice of it . The injuries were clearly accidental ; but they might have been avoided with proper care for human life . Robert Hardy was just beginning to understand the value of humanity . He worked hard at the routine of his office until noon . He did what seemed to him the most necessary part of it all with conscientious fidelity . But his mind , a good part of the time , was with the men in the shops . He could not escape the conviction that if a railroad company had the willingness to do so , it could make the surroundings of their men safer and happier without getting poorer work , or even losing any money by it .