noon before
`` And now I give you warning that I shall never go out of it . No place could ever be so dear as this house with all its memories . I am glad you knew and loved my mother . '' It came noon before they were talked out , or before they had settled only one point , about which she would have her way . She wrote a pretty note to Mr. Saltonstall , reiterating some things she had said the evening before , and acknowledging that when she had tried to accept him , she had found her heart was another 's , `` and you are worthy of a woman 's best love , '' she added , which did comfort him . Still it puzzled him a good deal , but he finally settled upon Anthony and thought it a rather foolish choice . No doubt but that Giles Leverett was back of it all .