noon
`` Yes , as soon as she will go . And let me know -- telephone the office about noon . '' `` Yep , '' Winnie promised , and I went away , my head in a whirl with the various and sundry matters I had to attend to . I do n't think I thought of the secretary matter again , until at noon , Winnie telephoned me that it was all right . I thanked her , and promptly forgot the episode . And so it was , that when I reached home that night , I had one of the surprises of my life . Winnie came to dinner , smiling , and rather excited-looking .