noon
`` Well , we 'll talk more about that just now . Deborah , ye see , is widow Cartwright 's wench ; and a good wench she is too , as e'er clapped clog on a foot . She comes in each morn , and sees as fire 's all right , and fills kettle for my breakfast . Then at noon she comes in again to see as all 's right . And after mill 's loosed , she just looks in and sets all straight . And then , afore she goes to bed , she comes in , and stretches all up gradely . '' `` And are you quite alone now ? ''