noon
Just by the law of contrasts they adored her when they saw her -- especially after they 'd tasted her heavenly food . Miss By-the-Day met her in the laundry of a great house where she 'd put in a day mending curtains and table linen . Not a bad sort of job if one had a suitable spot to work in ; but a laundry , a steamy , soapy , wet-woolens-smelling laundry is not a comfortable place to sew . By noon Felice wanted to indulge in one of Dulcie 's weeps -- she was so nervous -- when there entered , bearing a tray , Molly O'Reilly , with her blue sleeves rolled over her dimpled elbows and her red hair lightly dusted with flour . `` Here 's something to put inside you -- '' she called to the perspiring colored woman who was washing and the tiny white person who was laboriously darning thin net , `` something to think on save work . '' She stole a keen glance at the seamstress . `` Yours goes on this bit of table ; Susy , put down the top of your toobs and get a stool . ''