morning, noon
she 's all right with Andrew ; he 's such a true-penny ! '' was her father 's dictum . `` Safer with him , up here , than she would be with maid or housekeeper ! And , after that shock in the winter , the doctor wants her to be out of doors among the hills morning , noon and night -- practically all the time , if she can ! '' Ah ! so far , so good . But just at this unprecedented moment of excitement Andrew , the true-penny , had encountered another Scot , who emigrated before he did , and was breezily `` clacking '' with him at some distance from where two breathlessly expectant girls gazed down upon the black top of the nickum 's head -- and at his wheeling shoulders in the great armchair .