noon
`` Say , you must be some young highbrow , ai n't yeh ? Is thet all yeh want o ' me ? 'Cause ef 't is I got t ' git on t ' camp . It 's a good five mile yet , an ' I ` ai n't hed no grub sence noon . '' The tears suddenly rushed to the girl 's eyes as the horror of being alone in the night again took possession of her . This dreadful man frightened her , but the thought of the loneliness filled her with dismay . `` Oh ! ''