noon
For Lenore the time dragged between dread and suspense . From her window she saw a motley crowd pass down the lane to the main road . No harvesters were working . At the noon meal only her mother and the girls were present . Word had come that the I.W.W. men were being driven from `` Many Waters . '' Mrs. Anderson worried , and Lenore 's sisters for once were quiet . All afternoon the house was lifeless .