noon
After all , she 'd be very comfortable here , and perhaps by Christmas times would change . He shook off these petty troubles and went to his office for the day . * * * * * As she busied herself unpacking the trunks , Edith strove to readjust her plans . By noon her head was throbbing , but she took little notice of that . She had a talk with Hannah , the devoted Irish girl who had been with her ever since George was born . It was difficult , it was brutal . It was almost as though in Edith 's family there had been two mothers , and one was sending the other away .