noon
` Mother , ' said Sylvia , ` it 's but just gone ten ! ' ` Put 'em on , ' said Bell , without attending to the full meaning of her daughter 's words . ` It 'll , maybe , hasten t ' day on if we get dinner done betimes . ' ` But Kester is in t ' Far Acre field , and he 'll not be home till noon . ' This seemed to settle matters for a while ; but then Bell pushed her wheel away , and began searching for her hood and cloak . Sylvia found them for her , and then asked sadly -- ` What does ta want 'em for , mother ? ' ` I 'll go up t ' brow and through t ' field , and just have a look down t ' lane . '