Noon
demanded Betty , as well as she could speak for horror . `` My mother 's little negro boy , Syphax . He says Mrs. Loveday , her waiting-woman , gave it to him privately on the stairs , as she was about to get into a sedan , telling him I would give him a crown if he gave it me as I came off parade . '' `` Noon ! Is there time ? '' `` Barely , but there shall be time . There is no time to seek your father . ''