noon
But at that he 'll be very nice ! He is now ! Before the end of her second year in New York , many things , grave and gay , came to pass . Sarah Farraday came down for a fortnight of operas and concerts and went home to spread the marvels of Jane 's full and glowing life over the Vermont village ; Emma Ellis reluctantly gave up her room at Mrs. Hills ' and became resident superintendent of the Hope House Settlement , and Michael Daragh took his noon meal there . Jane went home twice for little visits and found changes even there , -- the Teddy-bear , now trudging sturdily about in rompers , had a small sister , and Nannie Slade Hunter was prettier than ever , if a trifle too rotund , and Edward R. , very prosperous and pleased with himself , had bought his wife an electric coupé , in which to take his offspring for a safe and opulent airing . Martin Wetherby , Assistant Cashier , had somehow put youth aside . His stoutness had closed in on him like an enemy .