noon
But , mercy me , I just look forward to that time to get my work done . '' She turned her eager , weary face toward Kate , and her friend marked the delicacy in it which comes with maternity . It was pallid and rather pinched ; the lips hung a trifle too loosely ; the veins at the temples showed blue and full . Kate could n't beat down the vision that would rise before her eyes of the Marna she had known in the old days , who had arisen at noon , coming forth from her chamber like Deirdre , fresh with the freshness of pagan delight . She remembered the crowd that had followed in her train , the manner in which people had looked after her on the street , and the little furore she had invariably awakened when she entered a shop or tea-room . As Marna shook out the gold-of-ophir satin , dimmed now and definitely out of date , there surged up in her friend a rebellion against Marna 's complete acquiescence in the present scheme of things . But Marna slipped cheerfully into her gown .