noon
I went no nearer . I no more felt that that was home , than one feels that the form in the coffin is the departed dead . I sat down in my old study-chamber among the rocks , and thought that if I could but find Alice she would be my home -- of the past as well as of the future ; -- for in her mind my necromantic words would recall the departed , and we should love them together . Towards noon I was again at the cottage . Margaret was sitting up in bed , waiting for me . She looked weary , but cheerful ; and a clean white _ mutch _ gave her a certain _ company _ - air . Janet left the room directly , and Margaret motioned me to a chair by her side .