noon
Joris is the Dutch , George is the English form . I think I like George better . '' `` As you have neither right nor occasion to call him by either name , it is of no consequence Take away your flowers and put them in water -- the young man is very extravagant , I think . Do you know that it is quite noon , and your father will be home in a little while ? '' And there was such kind intent , such a divining sympathy in the simple words , that Cornelia 's heart grew warm with pleasure ; and she felt that her mother understood , and did not much blame her . At the same time she was glad to escape all questioning , and with the violets pressed to her heart , and her shining eyes dropped to them , she went with some haste to her room . There she kissed the flowers , one by one , as she put them in the refreshing water ; and then , forgetting all else , sat down and permitted herself to enter the delicious land of Reverie .