noon precisely
`` I will give you that promise cheerfully . I have no wish to annoy a lady . '' `` That is for you to decide . Meet me in the lobby at noon precisely , and I will take you to her house . And now will you excuse me whilst I complete my toilet ? '' On the second floor of the apartment-house in East Thirtieth Street lived Mrs. Mortimer Remsen , and her two daughters , Emily and Dora . Mrs. Remsen 's husband had been dead more than ten years , but he had amassed a handsome fortune , which left his family able to maintain the position in New York society to which they were heirs by birth and breeding .