noon
She conceived of him much as she did of herself though her conception of her real self was still vague as strong , patient , resourceful , able to live without her a little while if he had to . She was eager to see him , but really more eager that he should see her if he wanted to . What a creature he must take her mother to be ! By noon they had reached Juinata , by two o'clock they were fifty miles west of Quebec . At first , Suzanne thought she would not eat at all to spite her mother . Later she reasoned that that was silly and ate . She made it exceedingly unpleasant for them by her manner , and they realized that by bringing her away from New York they had merely transferred their troubles .