noon
He shook himself violently . When a man got sorry for himself -- Rudolph Klein had not for a moment believed Anna 's story about the watch , and on the day after he discovered it on her wrist he verified his suspicions . During his noon hour he went up-town and , with the confident swagger of a certain type of man who feels himself out of place , entered the jeweler 's shop in question . He had to wait for some little time , and he spent it in surveying contemptuously the contents of the show-cases . That even his wildest estimate fell far short of their value he did not suspect , but his lips curled . This was where the money earned by honest workmen was spent , that women might gleam with such gewgaws .