noon
The dish cupboard came in for the most of her attention , a fact which brought loud protests from him , for she used up the whole of Mr. Maloney 's precious newspapers , this in making fancifully cut covers for the shelves . `` Oh , let 's look civilized ! '' she cried . She came home at noon , her girl friends accompanying her , but waiting , as before , in the area . She was not so shy as she had been the first day ; instead , she was dignified as she viewed the arm - and leg-work , praised Johnnie with sweet condescension , and thanked Mr. Perkins for all his trouble with quite a grown-up air . The noon following , she arrived alone -LRB- Mr. Perkins had remarked the day previous that he would be coming regularly now -RRB- . As he had appeared early , and the exercising was over and done , he and Cis went down the stairs together .