noon
She delivered this for what it was worth , in an uninterested , emotionless voice . `` I tell you what she ought to have got , '' said her husband . `` She ought to have got now a good husband , and some live dolls -- eh ? '' New customers were not uncommon in the restaurant , but the young man who dropped in for noon dinner upon the following Friday was of a plumage gayer than any to which the waitresses and habitués of the place were accustomed . To Daisy , sitting at her high cashier 's desk , like a young queen enthroned , he seemed to have something of the nature of a prince from a far country . She watched him eat . She saw in his cuffs the glint of gold ; she noted with what elegance he held his little fingers aloof from his hands .