noon
The ward Sister reproved her , but she laughed in the woman 's fat face , and would have given worlds to slap it . There was not a nurse in the hospital who showed more bright and cheerful spirits when the patients were being prepared for the night . But next morning , in the gray dawn , when she had dragged herself to bed , and was able at length to be alone , she beat the pillows with both hands and sobbed in her loneliness and shame . But youth is rich in hope , and at noon , when Glory awoke , the thought of Drake flashed upon her like light in a dark place . He had compelled Lord Robert to assist Polly in a worse extremity , and he would assist her in her present predicament . How often he had hinted that the hospital was not good enough for her , and that some day and somewhere Fate would find other work for her and another sphere . The time had come ; she would appeal to him , and he would hasten to help her .