midday
He would not blame her for feeling like that . Nevertheless , Hollister had moments when he felt that he would hate her if she did , -- a paradox he could not understand . He slept -- or at least tried to sleep -- that night alone in his house . He cooked his breakfast and worked on the boom until midday , then climbed the hill to the camp and ate lunch with his men . He worked up there till evening and came down in the dusk . He dreaded that lonely house , those deserted rooms . But he forced himself to abide there .