noon
Polly 's eyes grew wide and grave . Had her friends all been worrying like this ? Dr. Dudley glanced at his watch . `` I shall be busy until noon , '' he said ; `` but , Polly , I wish you would come down directly after dinner . I want to talk with you . '' She went upstairs wondering if the `` talk '' were to be about going back to Aunt Jane 's . She had not reached any conclusion when the sight of Miss Lucy and Leonora put the troublesome matter from their mind .