midday
She would not uncover her eyes , however , for any one , and her heart-broken wailing was not hushed till Brackett thrust his way through the crowd , growling inarticulate blasphemies at them all , and bore her back to her room . When he emerged twenty minutes later no one asked him about Rosy-Lilly 's prayers . As for Rosy-Lilly , her feelings were this time so outraged that she would no longer look at McWha . The long backwoods winter was now drawing near its end , and the snow in the open spaces was getting so soft at midday as to slump heavily and hinder the work of the teams . Every one was working with feverish haste to get the logs all out to the `` landings , '' on the river banks before the hauling should go to pieces . At night the tired lumbermen would tumble into their bunks as soon as supper was over , too greedy of sleep to think of songs or yarns . And Rosy-Lilly began to feel a little aggrieved at the inadequate attention which she was now receiving from all but Jimmy Brackett and the ever-faithful Johnson .