noon
On the 3rd of September Barbro was not to be found . 'T was not that she was altogether lost , but she was not up at the house . Axel was doing carpenter 's work the best he could ; he was trying hard to get a glass window and a door set in the new house , and it was taking all his time to do it . But being long past noon , and no word said about coming in to dinner , he went in himself into the hut . No one there . He got himself some food , and looked about while he was eating . All Barbro 's clothes were hanging there ; she must be out somewhere , that was all .