noon
She could scarcely refrain from attempting to send him off then and there ! She trembled with indignation . Meeting her eyes for a moment , he saw a dangerous glint in them , and for the rest of the morning was more circumspect . But at noon , a full dinner , a lazy hour , and the ill-concealed admiration of the other children put him again into a mean mood . He got out of line in marching , and pulled the hair of one of the little fellows from the West Fork . The little girl passed the afternoon with her eyes upon him . When he went so far that the school was interrupted , she walked toward him and gave him some task , or stayed beside his desk while she was hearing a class .