noon
Why would n't she go to see her mother ? Why was she so cross with Mac Clarke when he was with her and so miserable when he was away ? While she pondered it over , she saw Birdie cross the street and stand irresolute for a moment , before she turned her back on the shopping district and hastened off to the east where the tall pipes of the factories stood like exclamation points along the sky-line . Already the noon whistles were blowing , and she recognized , above the rest , the shrill voice of Clarke 's Bottle Factory . How she used to listen for that whistle , especially on Saturdays . Why , _ this _ was Saturday ! In the exciting rush of events she had forgotten completely that Dan would be waiting for her at five o'clock at the foot of Cemetery Street .