noon
Oscar 's disfigured complexion would not be the terrible obstacle in the way of his restoration to Lucilla that I had feared . All the comfort which this reflection could give , I wanted badly enough . There was no open hostility towards me on Lucilla 's part -- but there was a coolness which I found more distressing to bear than hostility itself . I breakfasted in bed the next morning , and only rose towards noon -- just in time to say good-bye to Grosse before he returned to London . He was in high good spirits about his patient . Her eyes were the better instead of the worse for the exertion to which he had subjected them on the previous day . The bracing air of Ramsgate was all that was wanting to complete the success of the operation .