noon
Come now , tell me what nurse said to you when you saw her last . I am sure she would tell you nothing but what was very good . ' '' ` She told me , ' said Evelyn , ` about my mamma being an angel ; and she told me that if I was good , and not selfish , and gave things away , that I should go to heaven too ; I should then , she said , be like a lamb living under the care of a good shepherd . ' `` Harris , on hearing this , as Fanny said , looked about her in that sort of wondering way which people use when they are thoroughly surprised ; but it being very near twelve at noon , she had no time to carry on the discourse further then . Evelyn 's frock required to be changed , and her hair put in order ; and then , as the custom was , Mrs. Harris had to lead the child into the saloon to make her curtsey , and leave her till the bell rang to recall her . `` When Harris had left the child with her aunts , she came up again to her own apartments . She came with her mouth open , being all impatience to let out her thoughts to Fanny . ''