noon
`` Now , '' said Dick , `` that 's a peach of a table , if I do say it as should n't . '' They readily agreed with him , for it was low and massive , built on simple , dignified lines , and beautifully finished . The headboards of three ponderous walnut beds and the supporting columns of a hideous sideboard had gone into its composition , thus illustrating , as Dorothy said , that ugliness may be changed to beauty by one who knows how and is willing to work for it . The noon train whistled shrilly in the distance , and Dorothy started out of her chair . `` She 's afraid , '' laughed Dick , instantly comprehending . `` She 's afraid somebody is coming on it . '' `` More twins ? ''