noon
She could not take her trunk , or Peter would trace it . She would have to carry her belongings , a few at a time , to wherever she found a room . Then when Peter came back she could slip away and he would never find her . At noon came the Portier and the sentry , now no longer friends , and rang the doorbell . Harmony was rather startled . McLean and Mrs. Boyer had been her only callers , and she did not wish to see either of them . But after a second ring she gathered her courage in her hands and opened the door .