noon
The pages , with their rows of figures , seemed like old friends . I almost enjoyed poring over them . Was it possible that I was going to like this new venture of mine ? Before noon I was fairly certain of it . The work in a country bank is different from that in the large city institutions , in that it is by no means as specialized . I found that , later on , I should be expected to combine the work of teller with that of bookkeeper . And this , too , seemed natural .