noon
And so they were all restless and inattentive , until finally Miss Mary , who had a headache , lost patience . `` You are very noisy , '' she said , `` and I am ashamed of you . I am going to put a list of words on the board , and I want you to copy them five times , while I take the little folks out into the yard for their recess . The rest of you do n't deserve any , and will have to wait until noon . '' That was the first piece of injustice to Anne . She had been as quiet as a mouse all the morning , and Miss Mary should have seen it and not have punished the innocent with the guilty . But Anne was a cheery little soul and never thought of questioning Miss Mary 's mandates , and so she went on patiently writing with the rest .