Friday noon
`` Grandmother , you 're doing it on purpose -- to _ make _ me get there early ! '' Mrs. Cory smiled . `` You see I did n't want to lose my treat , Patricia . '' When Friday noon came Patricia had not one tardy mark for those four days ; and on that same Friday noon she met her Waterloo . It was the Dixon baby who caused her downfall . He was one of Patricia 's most ardent admirers ; and when he saw her coming that noon he made as straight for her as his very shaky two-year-old legs would allow . Of course he tumbled down and scratched his snubby little nose ; and of course Patricia stopped to pet and comfort him , carrying him back to the house .