midday
`` Now , the Lord forgive me ! '' said Granny Marrable . `` To think I 've had my dinner to-day , and she 's been starving ! '' For , of course , the midday meal was all over at Costrell 's , in normal peace , when Dr. Nash came in laden with the strange news , and at a loss to tell it . The withdrawal of her daughter 's hand waked the sleeper with a start . `` I was dreaming so nicely , '' said she . `` But I 'm cold .