noon
To Johnnie , Sunday was not a day set apart for sacred matters . It was a day to be dreaded . And not only because on that day Barber was likely to be about at any hour , but because for Johnnie it meant uninterrupted work . The noon meal had to be put on the table instead of into lunch pails . And when dinner was cleared away there was always bead-stringing or violet-making to do -- Cis helping when she returned from church . On account of his clothes , Johnnie never went to church himself . What he knew about churches , therefore , was only what Cis told him ; and of her information the most striking bit was this : red carpets led into them under gay awnings whenever people were getting married .