noon
I would give a great deal , little Fly , if I had n't so many bad things to remember . It is because I hope to do you good that I am willing to tell of them . May you have a purer childhood to look back upon ! Thankful was I when school was out that noon , but I was n't able to go again in the afternoon ; and my mother knew why ! It was the last time I was ever put in that cellar . Miss Rubie found another method of punishment ; and I think I can say truthfully it was the last time I ever took sweetmeats without leave . I did other wrong things in plenty , but that I could never do again .