noon
There had come upon her the sudden impulse to leave it all , and go back to her father . But the child -- that gave her pause . Towards morning she fell asleep , and slept far on into the day , a thing that had not occurred for a long time . At noon a letter arrived for her . It came into General Armour 's hands , and he , seeing that it bore the stamp of the Hudson 's Bay Company , with the legend , From Fort St. Charles , concluded that it was news of Lali 's father . Then came the question whether the letter should be given to her . The general was for doing so , and he prevailed .