about noon
If the patients would pay what they owe , I could ride like a lady instead of a slinking magpie . '' The doctor leaned back in his chair and laughed -LRB- they were at breakfast -RRB- and remarked that old friends were best . `` Do n't call my asthmatic tin beast a friend ; we 're bitter enemies , '' said she . It carried her to Terry Creek about noon , however , safely enough , whither she went with a firm resolution that crushed a certain embarrassment and anxiety . Suppose these people resented her inquiries . She placed the bearded , tanned rancher at once , when she saw him working on a piece of harness before the door as she drove up . She had seen him in town at different times .