noon
She sat down to discuss it with all the care and importance the subject demanded . Every colour was considered ; and when the colour had been decided , there was then the number of yards and the kind of trimming to be discussed , and the manner of its making , and the person most suitable to undertake the momentous task . For Janet was at that hour angry with Mistress Kilgour , and not inclined to `` put a bawbee her way , '' seeing that it was most likely she had been favouring Braeland 's suit , and therefore a bitter enemy to Andrew . After the noon meal , Janet took her knitting , and went to tell as many of her neighbours as it was possible to see during the short afternoon , about the silk gown her Christina was to be married in ; and Christina spread her ironing table , and began to damp , and fold , and smooth the clean linen . And as she did so , she sang a verse or two of ` Hunting Tower , ' and then she thought awhile , and then she sang again . And she was so happy , that her form swayed to her movements ; it seemed to smile as she walked backwards and forwards with the finished garments or the hot iron in her hands . She was thinking of the happy home she would make for Jamie , and of all the bliss that was coming to her .