noon
The noise of a hundred tongues was stilled . `` Girls , Miss Gladys Orton-Wells is going to speak to you for five minutes on the subject of dress . Will you give her your attention , please . The five minutes will be added to your noon hour . '' Gladys Orton-Wells looked down at her hands for one terrified moment , then she threw her head up bravely . There was no lack of color in her cheeks now . She stepped to the middle of the room .