morning, noon
I never could find anything when they had departed . But now , alas , how welcome would have been the feel of their presence , the frou-frou and swish-swish of their skirts which I had so cordially detested ! I am sure , if I ever get home , that I shall never be irritable with them again . They may dose me and doctor me morning , noon , and night , and dust and sweep and put my den to rights every minute of the day , and I shall only lean back and survey it all and be thankful in that I am possessed of a mother and some several sisters . All of which has set me wondering . Where are the mothers of these twenty and odd men on the _ Ghost _ ? It strikes me as unnatural and unhealthful that men should be totally separated from women and herd through the world by themselves .