noon
Oil on a bit of land I had . I had just sense enough to make the most of it ; one thing led to another -- well , you 're not interested in that end of it . But the fact is that now we 're rich . Now she could have all the things that these women have -- Lord A'mighty she could lay abed every day till noon if she wanted to ! But -- you see ? -- it _ got _ her -- those hard , lonely , grinding years _ took _ her . She 's '' -- he shrunk from the terrible word and faltered out -- `` her mind 's not -- '' There was a sobbing little flutter in Virginia 's throat .