noon
`` By the Lord , '' he muttered , as he swung down the street in preference to taking a cab , `` what a woman that is ! '' Together the next day they sought out a place where he could remain hidden . Mackenzie would have been near her , but Constance knew better . She chose a bachelor apartment where the tenants never arose before noon and where night was turned into day . Men would not ask questions . In an apartment like her own there was nothing but gossip . In the daytime he stayed at home .