noon
No baby would there be at the fete so daintily wrapped as hers ; and Alessandro had at last given his consent that the name should be Majella . It was a reluctant consent , yielded finally only to please Ramona ; and , contrary to her wont , she had been willing in this instance to have her own wish fulfilled rather than his . Her heart was set upon having the seal of baptism added to the name she so loved ; and , `` If I were to die , '' she thought , `` how glad Alessandro would be , to have still a Majella ! '' All her preparations were completed , and it was yet not noon . She seated herself on the veranda to watch for Alessandro , who had been two days away , and was to have returned the previous evening , to make ready for the trip to Saboba . She was disquieted at his failure to return at the appointed time . As the hours crept on and he did not come , her anxiety increased .