three minutes before noon
I will rest awhile , '' and she drew her father 's large chair before the open door . The sea and the boats were spread out before her and the village lay at her feet . She could see the men fishing and the women going about the streets . `` The tide is well in , '' she said to her maid , `` it will be high tide at three minutes before noon . Call me in about half an hour . '' So she was left alone and I do not doubt it was then she heard that unfathomable call , that voice from some distant world far off yet near , and that her soul instantly answered it . She did not leave this world worn out with pain and sickness .