Monday noon
But Sadie was not available this evening . An `` old chum '' had asked Miss Kirk out to supper , and Miss Child having snubbed her faithful lion man for reasons which had appeared good at the time , had no one to give her the key to those dozen mystic words which might as well have been written in cipher . `` And even Sadie ca n't tell for certain , '' she reflected . `` I ca n't possibly _ know _ till Monday noon . '' All the fatigue and nerve strain of six dreadful days and six appalling nights seemed suddenly to culminate in a fit of overpowering restlessness . Worn out though she was -LRB- or all the more because of that , perhaps -RRB- she could not go `` home '' to Columbus Avenue , where the `` L '' that Sadie said should be spelled with an `` H '' ran past her window . She was sure if she sat down or went to bed she should think more about her aching back and burning feet than if she walked .