morning, noon
`` Why , my money . How did you think I got that dress , that dress which you are racking through at such a furious pace ? '' Carrie was attired in the pale blue nun 's - veiling . It was Carrie 's way to have a dress and to wear it morning , noon , and night , destroying all its freshness . The nun 's - veiling was already dirty and draggled-looking . `` How do you think I got that dress that you made such a fuss about if I had not money to pay for it ? '' `` I am sure I could n't tell , and what 's more , I did n't care , '' said Carrie .