noon
There was but one answer : She must . At the thought she bit her lip with the intensity and sternness of a martyr . She would be faithful to her marriage vows , but she would not let Lewis 's low aims interfere with the free development of her own life . It was after noon when she reached home . She was met at the door by the hired girl with the worried ejaculation that baby was choking . The doctor was hastily summoned . He at once pronounced that Muriel Grace had membranous croup , and was desperately ill .