midday
And now , will you permit me once more to thank you for your great goodness to me and mine , and to bid you good-morning ? '' `` I hope it will be only good-morning , then , judge , and not good-by . I beg that you will return and take up your residence with us while you remain in Scotland , '' said the countess , with her sweetest smile . `` I should be delighted as well as honored , madam , in being your guest , but I am off to Banff by the midday train . '' `` Off to Banff ? '' repeated Berenice and Claudia , in a breath . `` Certainly . ''