midday
And then Sivert flung out an arm , and said : `` Ho ! Mother 's been haymaking ! '' Isak looked down over the fields and said `` H 'm . '' Isak had noticed already that some of the hay had been shifted ; Inger ought to be home now for her midday meal . It was well done indeed of her to get in the hay , after he had scolded her the day before and said `` Huttch ! '' And it was no light hay to move ; she must have worked hard , and all the cows and goats to milk besides ... `` Go in and get something to eat , '' he said to Sivert . `` Are n't you coming , then ? ''