eleven o'clock
On Saturday afternoon her back yard was a veritable bee-hive of industry . The foundation was in readiness for the handiwork of love , for Burton Raines , feeling that he could not concentrate on business in such sentimental environs , explained patiently that he was only an ordinary married man and that love rhapsodies to the tune of temperamental hammering upset him . So he had taken the morning off from his own business , to lay the foundation for the rustic stairway . Nolan Inglish , listed first because he was always listed first with Eveley , appeared at eleven o'clock , having explained to the lofty members of the law firm of which he was a junior assistant , that serious family matters required his attention . This enabled him to have the two bottom-most steps of the stairway , comprising his portion , erected and ready for inspection by the time Eveley arrived home from her work . He said he had felt it would be lonely for her to sit around by herself while everybody else worked for her , and having provided against that exigency by doing his labor in advance , he claimed the privilege of officiating as entertainer-in-chief for the entire afternoon . Arnold Bender appeared next , accompanied by Kitty Lampton , one of Eveley 's pet and particular friends .