About noon
She was a school teacher , and was on her way to answer an advertisement of the Dry Bench trustees for a teacher . She hoped the doctor would pronounce her all right that she might continue her journey , as she understood it was not far . `` You have had a severe shaking up , Miss Wilton , but I do n't think you need to postpone your journey more than a few hours , '' was the doctor 's decision . About noon , Rupert drove Miss Wilton 's horse around to the front door and delivered it to her . With a profusion of thanks , she drove away in the direction of the chairman of the school trustees . Neither Nina nor her mother had said anything about Rupert 's being on the board . Mrs. Ames had once seemed to broach the subject , but a look from Rupert was enough to check her .