noon
There were owls in the chimney and foxes in the cellar -- also a bear . I guess that 's all the ghost there is . But there 's a hay bill for somebody to pay ; about three hundredweight , I think . '' From there on , with the men to help us , we made better progress , and before noon we had delivered the flock to its new owner . The warm dinner that we ate at the Morey farm tasted mighty good to Addison and me . We never saw Peg again ; but before the winter had passed , the old Squire bought another small flock of sheep from a neighbor . The school committee finally decided that Master Brench 's curious methods of punishment were not actually dangerous .