noon
`` When the bell rang , I was so afraid something had happened to Di , '' said Ina sighing . `` Let 's see , '' said Di 's father . `` Where is little daughter to-night ? '' He must have known that she was at Jenny Plow 's at a tea party , for at noon they had talked of nothing else ; but this was his way . And Ina played his game , always . She informed him , dutifully . `` Oh , _ ho _ , '' said he , absently .