noon
Then , too , a girl made a place for her that morning , and several smiled and bowed . Elnora forgot everything save her books , and that she was where she could use them intelligently -- everything except one little thing away back in her head . Her mother had known about the books and the tuition , and had not told her when she agreed to her coming . At noon Elnora took her little parcel of lunch and started to the home of the Bird Woman . She must know about the specimens first and then she would walk to the suburbs somewhere and eat a few bites . She dropped the heavy iron knocker on the door of a big red log cabin , and her heart thumped at the resounding stroke . `` Is the Bird Woman at home ? ''