nearly noon
An ' yet she never wears so much as the simplest ring or pin . She has enough flowers for an elegant funeral sent to her three times a week by express , an ' throws 'em away before they 're half-faded -- says she likes the little wild ones that are beginnin ' to come up around here better , anyway . Yes , I do n't deny she has some real queer notions -- for instance , she puts all them flowers in plain green glass vases , an ' would n't so much as look at the elegant cut-glass ones they keep up to Wallacetown . She do n't eat a particle of breakfast , an ' she streaks off for a long walk every day , rain or shine , an ' wants the old tin tub carried in so 's she can have a hot bath every single night , besides takin ' what she calls a ` cold sponge ' when she gets up in the mornin ' -- which ai n't till nearly noon . '' `` Well , now , ai n't all that strange ! An ' would n't I admire to see all them elegant things ! What board did you say she paid ? ''