noon
The latter , when she arose from the table , turned her back to me , and went out without giving me the slightest opportunity of looking into her cavernous bonnet . This she did , I must admit , in the most natural way possible , which was probably the result of training , and gave one no idea of rudeness or incivility . When they were gone I was piqued , almost angry with myself . I had intended stopping work a little before noon , in order to talk to that nun , even if she did not answer or look at me . She should discover that if she was a principle , I was , at least , an entity . I did not know exactly what I should say to her , but it would be something one human being would be likely to say to another human being who was working for him . If from the first I put myself on the proper level , she might in time get there .