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Updated: May 26, 2025
Wrinkle glanced up at the sun. "This is her nap-time. That used to be the order in Ben's day, an' she's holdin' to it. Just after dinner all hands are expected to unstrip an' lie down till the cool of the evenin'; then you are free to walk about, but you ought to be ready for supper so you won't have to wash at the last minute, an' come in in a scramble. We don't see Het at breakfast.
Edna's responsibilities and nap-time came to an end simultaneously, and Dunham proposed that they take their book to the Fir Ledges, as a spot where the waves were not too noisy and the outlook was superb for such luxurious mortals as need lend their ears only, and not their eyes, to the story. They came into the living-room as he made his suggestion, and saw Miss Lacey just coming downstairs.
Straying to the piano, he sat down and began to play a Chopin prelude. It was John's one and only instrumental achievement, learned by ear, and dug out of the ivories, as one might say, by long hours of laborious search for its harmonies. Edna glided into the room. "If you don't mind, John," she said, "this is Miss Lacey's nap-time." He dropped his hands.
You couldn't start a 'reform circle' to save your life; there isn't a jail in the place, nor a tenement quarter, and there are no outdoor poor. There isn't a woman's club in Honolulu, not a club. There was a culture circle once for a few days; a Boston woman who went there for her health organized it, but it interfered with afternoon nap-time, so nobody came."
Jack came back and sat down beside the bed, and took her hand. "Aunt Mary," he said in a pleading shriek, "don’t you see how pale and thin she’s getting?" "No, I don’t," said his aunt, turning her head away, "an’ it’s no use tellin’ me such things because it’s about my nap-time and I’ve always been a great believer in takin’ my nap when it’s my nap-time. As a general thing."
She made the older children feel grown-up by the polite way she looked at them. "I've heard of the Centers," Grandma said, leaning on her broom. "But I never did get much notion what you did with the young-ones there." "Well, all sorts of things," said the girl. "They sing and make things and learn Bible verses. And in the afternoon they have a nap-time. It's loads of fun for them."
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