About midday
Louise pondered for a long time , turning now to this part of the letter , now to that . And the lines of her face , though they made no approach to smiling , indicated agreeable thoughts . Tears had left just sufficient trace to give her meditations a semblance of unwonted seriousness . About midday she went up to her room and wrote letters . The first was to Miss Cissy Higgins : -- ` Dear Ciss , -- I dare say you would like to know that Mr. B. has proposed to me . If you have any objection , please let me know it by return . -- Affectionately yours , L. E. DERRICK . '