noon
He wondered vaguely if all men who worked at tasks of this kind found pleasure in them , not appreciating that years of doing the same thing over and over might make it frightfully monotonous . The truth was the thing had not yet become work to him . It was a new experience , and all new experiences bring their thrill . Until the noon whistle blew he hardly took his eyes off his work . He did not know that Maguire passed him a dozen times , not stopping , but watching him closely as he passed ... . With the stopping of work about him he realized that he was tired . He had lifted weights ; he had used unaccustomed muscles .