noon
`` Hush , Jack , do n't whistle so , '' she said , `` your mother has the sick head ache , and we are making a cup of tea to cure her . '' Jack looked at her in surprise . He did not know what to make of it all . There was the mark on her face , where the stone which he had thrown that noon , had grazed the skin , and yet , here she was , making tea for his sick mother . He did not say a word , but turned and went out of the house . Frank thought he saw something very like tears glistening in his eyes , and he acknowledged to himself , that his grandmother was right , when she had told him that he would be happier if he returned good for evil . Mrs. Mills sat up , and drank her tea , and then Fanny washed the cup and saucer , and she felt very large to think she was able to do it .