noon
impulsively exclaimed Mrs. Berners . `` Why ? I will soon let you know . I waited until long after noon . And still no sound from the bedroom . I walked in and out of the sitting-room , where the table was set for breakfast , and still no sound from the bedroom . And in the sitting-room no sound of occupation but the waiting breakfast-table in the middle of the floor , and the nurse seated at one of the windows with the impatient child at her knee . ''