noon
Georgiana , who had a spoiled temper , a very acrid spite , a captious and insolent carriage , was universally indulged . Her beauty , her pink cheeks and golden curls , seemed to give delight to all who looked at her , and to purchase indemnity for every fault . John no one thwarted , much less punished ; though he twisted the necks of the pigeons , killed the little pea-chicks , set the dogs at the sheep , stripped the hothouse vines of their fruit , and broke the buds off the choicest plants in the conservatory : he called his mother `` old girl , '' too ; sometimes reviled her for her dark skin , similar to his own ; bluntly disregarded her wishes ; not unfrequently tore and spoiled her silk attire ; and he was still `` her own darling . '' I dared commit no fault : I strove to fulfil every duty ; and I was termed naughty and tiresome , sullen and sneaking , from morning to noon , and from noon to night . My head still ached and bled with the blow and fall I had received : no one had reproved John for wantonly striking me ; and because I had turned against him to avert farther irrational violence , I was loaded with general opprobrium . `` Unjust ! -- unjust ! ''