noon
` I do n't believe thee ; thee 's only romancing , ' said Martha , turning very pale . ` The old place is our own , and no master has any right to it , save Stephen . ' ` It 's no use wasting breath , ' replied William Morris . ` The master says he 's bought the place from thy grandfather , lass ; and he agreed to turn out by noon on Michaelmas Day . Master does n't want to be hard upon you ; and he says , if you 've no place to turn in to , you may go to the old cabin on the upper cinder-hill , till there 's a cottage empty in Botfield ; and we 'll help thee to move the things at wunst . We 're to get the roof off and the walls down afore nightfall . ' ` Grandfather and little Nan ! '