mornings, noons
The lord had been very civil to her , and she , on her part , would be as civil to the lord as circumstances admitted . And she had an idea in her mind that she could not at a moment 's notice dismiss this lord and be as she was before . Her engagement with the lord was known to all the musical world . The Mosses and Socanis spent their mornings , noons , and nights in talking about it , -- as she well knew . And she was not quite sure that the lord had given her such a palpable cause for quarrelling as to justify her in throwing him over . And when she had as it were thrown him over in her mind , she began to think of other causes for regret . After all , it was something to be Countess of Castlewell .