midday
`` That 's two , then , '' said Mary . `` That 's two for me . '' And then they began to work harder than ever and more joyfully . Mary was startled and sorry when she heard the big clock in the courtyard strike the hour of her midday dinner . `` I shall have to go , '' she said mournfully . `` And you will have to go too , wo n't you ? '' Dickon grinned .