noon
Cordelia looked ready to cry . Genevieve kept her eyes on her books and seemed unaware that there was such a thing in the world as a girls ' club , of which she was a prominent member . Bertha , Elsie , and Alma divided their time between scowling at Tilly and trying to attract Genevieve 's attention . It was during the Latin recitation , which came just before closing time at noon , that Cordelia 's perturbation culminated in a blunder that sent most of the class into convulsive giggles , and even brought a twitching smile to Genevieve 's tense lips . Cordelia , rising to translate in her turn , hurried blindly through a paragraph until she came to the words `` sub jugum '' . Now Cordelia very well knew what `` sub jugum '' meant ; but her eyes , at the moment , were divided between her book and Genevieve 's flushed cheeks , and so saw , apparently , but half of the word `` jugum '' . At all events , the next moment the class were amazed to learn from Cordelia 's lips that Cæsar sent the army -- not `` under the yoke '' as was expected -- but `` under the jug . ''