midday
`` Now you go to our ` ouse an ' get to bed an ' ` ave sleep . If de children make noise tell 'em I slap 'em plenty ven I get back , sure . You need bad for to sleep -- h ` eyes look tired an ' red . '' She explained that Papineau had been obliged to go off after some traps that were not very far away , and would return by midday . She insisted upon the need of Madge to impress the children with the virtues of silence . They had already been informed that if they did not keep still when the lady returned they would be given to the _ loup-garou _ and other mythical and traditional terrors of _ habitant _ childhood . `` Me stay ` ere all day .