about noon
Peggy , who had just entered the room to inform her mistress that Aunt Judy was ready for her , stood in rigid uprightness , her torpid eyes settled upon the lady . `` I reckon , '' so ran the thought within the mazes of her dark little interior , `` dat Miss Rob 's wuss disgruntled dan she was dat ebenin ' when I make my cake , fur she got two dif ` ent kinds o ' shoes on . '' The morning went on , and Keswick found that he must go out again for a walk , although he had rambled several miles before breakfast . After her household duties had been completed , Miss Roberta took her book out to the porch ; and about noon when her uncle came out and made some remarks upon the beauty of the day , she turned over the page at which she had opened the volume just after breakfast . An hour later Peggy brought her some luncheon , and felt it to be her duty to inform Miss Rob that she still wore one old boot and a new one . When Roberta returned to the porch after making a suitable change , she found Keswick there looking a little tired . `` Has your friend gone ? ''