noon
There were other schools in the sleepy town . This was the Crossroads school , as Richard Tyson had been the Crossroads doctor . He had given himself to a rural community -- his journeys had been long and his life hard , but he had loved the labor . The bell rang for the noon recess . The children appeared presently , trudging homeward through the snow to their midday dinners . Then Anne Warfield came out . She wore a heavy brown coat and soft brown hat .