noon
The others , paying no attention to the little girl , chatted together as they worked . They talked of a wedding that was to take place that very day at St. Gervais . `` Suppose we go , '' said a stout , red-haired girl , whose name was Malvina . `` It 's to be at noon . We shall have time to go and get back again if we hurry . '' And , at the lunch hour , the whole party rushed downstairs four steps at a time . Sidonie had brought her luncheon in a little basket , like a school-girl ; with a heavy heart she sat at a corner of the table and ate alone for the first time in her life .