noon
Stee Jenkin 's wife came up from Seal Cove one day , and , after doing as much work as she could find to do , carried the twins off with her to her little house at the Cove , which was a great relief to Mrs. Burton and Katherine . Mrs. M'Kree was ill herself , so could do no more than send a kindly message ; but even that was better than nothing , for sympathy is one of the sweetest things on earth when one is in trouble . Sunday was a blessed relief to them at the end of their troubled week . Finding her father so much better , Mrs. Burton betook herself to bed at noon for the first real untroubled rest she had enjoyed for many days . The boys were stretched in luxurious idleness before the glowing fire in the kitchen , and Katherine was in charge of the sickroom . She was half-asleep herself ; the place was so warm and her father lay in such a restful quiet . It had been so terrible all the week because no rest had seemed possible to him .