noon
A nice , soft rug , with a border ` round it ... '' Horatio retreated towards the door . But before they had reached the boarding-house , the first advance towards Milly 's Ideal of the New Home had been plotted . The rug was settled . Milly was to meet her father in the city at noon on the morrow and select one . Arm in arm , father and daughter came up the steps , -- charming picture of family intimacy . `` So nice to see father and daughter such friends ! '' one of the boarding-house ladies observed to Grandma Ridge .