noon
It was a day when every one would be tempted to go out rowing , but when only lovers would go . Philip and Hope went . Kate and Harry , meanwhile , awaited their opportunity to go in and visit Aunt Jane . This was a thing that never could be done till near noon , because that dear lady was very deliberate in her morning habits , and always averred that she had never seen the sun rise except in a panorama . She hated to be hurried in dressing , too ; for she was accustomed to say that she must have leisure to understand herself , and this was clearly an affair of time . But she was never more charming than when , after dressing and breakfasting in seclusion , and then vigilantly watching her handmaiden through the necessary dustings and arrangements , she sat at last , with her affairs in order , to await events . Every day she expected something entirely new to happen , and was never disappointed .