noon
she thought . The front room being vacant , she skipped down the long , wide hall and pounced into the sunny combination kitchen and dining-room . Lena May smiled over her shoulder to greet the newcomer . She was busy at the stove preparing the noon meal . Gwendolyn , made comfortable on a pillowed reclining chair , was lying in the sunshine near the blossoming window-box . She also smiled , though she was too weak and weary to speak . Bobs kissed her tenderly and then inquired : `` Say , Lena May , why all this festiveness ?