noon
`` You do n't mean that , and I wo n't give you up , '' she said with fine stubbornness . `` I have n't time to talk about it now . I must catch up with those girls . Wait for me at our locker to-morrow noon , please , _ please _ . '' With a hasty squeeze of Constance 's hand , Marjorie raced on up the street to overtake her companions . They were so busily engaged in discussing her , however , that they did not hear her approach , and consequently did not lower their voices . `` I will not speak to her ; I will not play with her on the team ! ''