noon
Of course , he had not forgotten the convent and the young senoritas , nor the discipline and the suspended holidays . Ah ! it was a special grace of our Lady that he , Father Cipriano , had not been worried into his grave by those foolish muchachos . Yet , when he had extinguished a snuffy chuckle in his red bandana handkerchief , Key knew that he would accompany him to the convent that noon . It was with a slight stirring of shame over his elaborate pretext that he passed the gate of the Sacred Heart with the good father . But it is to be feared that he speedily forgot that in the unexpected information that it elicited . The Lady Superior was gracious , and even enthusiastic .