midday
`` I am sorry , '' he said , `` to interfere with your engagements , but it is necessary that we should both leave by the seven o'clock train tomorrow morning . '' Aynesworth reflected for a moment . `` If I can see the child first , '' he said , `` I will come . If not , I will follow you at midday . '' `` In the latter case , '' Wingrave remarked , `` pray do not trouble to follow me unless your own affairs take you to London . Our connection will have ended . '' `` You mean this ? ''