noon
`` I thought them hens of Prue 's had give up layin ' altogether . '' `` I found some stolen nests in the barn , '' returned Ida May . `` They have been playing tricks on you . '' It was near noon when Ida May from an upper window saw the _ Seamew _ beating out of the cove on her return trip to Boston . She watched the schooner as long as the white sails were visible . But her heart was not wholly with the beautiful schooner . A great content filled her soul .