noon
Then people would talk about you and say you were `` the sunshine of the home , '' and your parents would bless you with their latest breath , and people who had misjudged you would flock round and sit at your knee , and profit by your example . I should like to be like that . It would be so lovely and so soothing to the feelings . The doctor came at noon and allowed me to be lifted on to the sofa and wheeled into the next room . It made a change , but it was a very long day , all the same , and I thought the afternoon would never come to an end . Rachel came in and out the room , but could never settle down , for as soon as she sat down , rat-tat came to the door , someone said , `` Miss Rachel , please , '' and off she flew to do something else . Mrs Greaves brought some sewing and sat beside me , but she ca n't talk , poor dear ; she can only make remarks at intervals and sigh between them , and it is n't cheerful .