noon
`` It 's spring out ! I 'm going to clean the closets and the bureau drawers to-day . I 'll have your coffee in a jiffy . Do you feel like getting up and sitting out on the back porch , toward noon , maybe ? '' On her way kitchenward she stopped for a sharp tattoo at the door of the room in which Pa and Al slept . A sleepy grunt of remonstrance rewarded her . She came to Floss 's door , turned the knob softly , peered in .