midday
She has a soft , languishing aspect , and really interests Violet , who does not feel so utterly lacking in wisdom as she did with Miss Dayre , for Miss Murray makes girlish little speeches and `` adores '' generally . There is an elegant luncheon of fruit and delicacies , and Mrs. Grandon _ mère _ presides . Afterward the gentlemen betake themselves to the tower and smoke ; Violet and her guest divide between the shady end of the drawing-room and the porch , with its beautiful prospect . When the midday heat begins to abate they have their drive and some trotting on the boulevard . Miss Murray grows quite confidential , not in a weak or silly manner , but with the frank _ insouciance _ of youth . She seems so generally bent upon having a good time and being liked , admired . She is simply frank where Miss Dayre was independent .