noon
`` Ye said ` tea , ' '' she remarked , `` an ' I hai n't tasted tea sence Marm left us . But I s ` pose somethin' goes with tea ? '' `` Always . Tea means a lunch , you know , and I 'm very hungry because I did n't eat much luncheon at noon . I hope you are hungry , too , Ingua , '' she added , opening the basket and beginning to place its contents upon the table . Ingua may have considered a reply unnecessary , for she made none . Her eyes were growing bigger every moment , for here were dainty sandwiches , cakes , jelly , a pot of marmalade , an assortment of cold meats , olives , Saratoga chips , and last of all a chicken pie still warm from the oven -- one of those chicken pies that Aunt Polly could make as no one else ever made them .