noon
It was late the next morning when she awoke . Her soiled and torn clothes were not to be seen , but a dress of clean cotton and a fresh pinafore lay on the wooden stool . `` My , it 's nice to be clean , '' thought Anne , remembering the uncomfortable efforts that she and Amanda had made to wash their faces in water from the island spring . `` It 's near noon , dear child , '' said Mrs. Stoddard , as Anne came into the kitchen . `` You shall have a boiled egg for your breakfast , and I am cooking a fine johnnycake for you before the fire . You must be nigh starved . To think of that Amos Cary hiding the oar instead of fetching you straight home . ''