noon
Sir Ronald , with a dark flush on his face , bowed stiffly , in silence , and moved away . Doctor Frank was introduced , made his bow , and retreated to Rose 's sofa . Capricious womanhood ! Rose , that morning , had decidedly snubbed him ; Rose , at noon , welcomed him with her most radiant smile . Never , perhaps , in all his experience had any young lady listened to him with such flattering attention , with such absorbed interest . Never had bright eyes and rosy lips given him such glances and smiles . She hung on his words ; she had eyes and ears for no one else , least of all for the supremely handsome gentleman who was her sister 's betrothed , and who talked to her father ; while Sir Ronald glowered over a book .