noon
`` Learning all the world ! '' said her mother smiling , though there was a little touch of regretfulness not quite kept down . `` I think I 'd rather sit and look at you , child , than eat my dinner . What are you going to do this after noon ? '' `` I 've got a little ironing to do after dinner , mother , and something to make for tea -- and Mr. Linden wants to see me for something . I 'll get ready for Judge Harrison 's , and then after I am through up stairs I 'll come down and see to you and my box together . I wish you were going with me , mother . ''