noon
He evidently takes Cynthia for an adventuress ! '' Yet , in spite of the chance of ructions , it would have been far better had Medenham not missed his father that morning . He was too dutiful a son , the Earl was too fair-minded a parent , that they should not be able to meet and discuss matters without heat . By noon they would have reached Symon 's Yat ; before lunch was ended the older man would have been Cynthia 's most outspoken admirer . As it was -- well , as it was -- there used to be a belief in the Middle Ages that the Evil One 's favorite nook lay amid the deepest shadow of a cathedral , and modern fact is ofttimes curiously akin to medieval romance . When he came to think of it , Medenham decided to return at once to Symon 's Yat . It was advisable , however , to inform the proprietor of the hotel that the Earl 's denunciation of Dale as a pilferer of luggage was based on a complete misunderstanding of the facts .