noon
He 's peculiar , very peculiar , but he 's kind . And when I said I did n't have to be paid for that , he said all right , he guessed that was so , but for me to keep the money and buy a new bonnet or give it to the priest . A very kind gentleman , that Mr. Harwood , but peculiar . '' The sun came out shortly before noon . Sylvia walked into town , bought some flowers , and drove to the cemetery . She told the driver not to wait , and lingered long in the Kelton lot where snow-draped evergreens marked its four corners . The snow lay smooth on the two graves , and she placed her flowers upon them softly without disturbing the white covering .