midday
Within their span her cares were faced and co-ordinated ; and the business over , she sighed and sank more snugly into her chair . She leaned back ; her hands crossed themselves in her lap ; she shut her eyes . All the lines upon her face softened , melted away . She looked now like an Oread aswoon in the midday heats , pure of thought or dread or memory . Her bosom below her laces rose and fell gently . She slept . Outside , in the dusky dark , was one who padded up and down the grass on noiseless feet , passing and repassing the window , with an eye for the narrow chink of light .