Thursday noon
Allin Wharton looked at Primrose across the church and spoke coming out . There were laces to mend and gowns to consider and poor to visit . And all the time Primrose Henry was thinking if -- if a man who was nobleness and goodness and tenderness itself , loved her , and would never love anyone else , what ought she to do ? Thursday noon Phil came in to dinner . Polly was not very well and he was going out at three . Would n't Primrose come with him ? Primrose colored and looked oddly embarrassed , and said , in a confused sort of way , there was something she must do this afternoon , but to-morrow she would come out and spend two or three days with Polly .