noon
That must go to him to-morrow , regardless of whom or what I have to neglect to-day . '' Abbott opened his note book . But the dictation hardly had begun when the telephone rang and Enoch was summoned to the White House . It was noon when he left the President . Washington lay as if scorching under a burning glass . The dusty leaves drooped on the trees . Even the carefully cherished White House lawn seemed to have forgotten the recent rains .