noon
How should he know of our sleeping ` rrangements ? '' Maddy asked , but Flora evaded a direct reply , saying , `` there was enough ways for things to get to Aikenside ; '' then continuing , `` How tired you must be , Miss Maddy , to sleep so sound as never to hear me at all , though to be sure I tried to be still as a mouse . But let me help you dress . It 's all but noon , and you must be hungry . I 've got your breakfast all ready . '' `` Thank you , Flora , I can dress myself , '' Maddy said , stepping out upon the floor , and feeling that the world was not as dark as it had seemed to her when last night she came up to her chamber . God was comforting her already , and as she made her simple toilet , she tried to thank Him for His goodness , and ask for grace to make her what she ought to be .