noon
How is your dear mamma ? '' Paul gave her a grateful glance . He felt he could speak to-day of all that was in his heart ; then it suddenly occurred to him that the pause for breakfast was long over , and that the servant was waiting for him with the horses . By noon he must finish , for after dinner the cart was to drive to the town with a load of peat which he had had secretly cut . `` I must go to work , '' he faltered . `` Oh , what a pity ! And when will you have done ? ''