noon
There could be no good in attempting to conceal from the servants a misery so deep and so lasting as this . What should she do with herself ? Her breakfast was brought to her . At noon she was told that Mr. Western had gone out for the day and would not return till the evening . She was asked whether she would have her pony carriage , and , on refusing it , was persuaded by her maid to walk in the grounds . `` I think I will go out , '' she said , and went and walked for an hour . Her maid had been peculiarly her own and had come to her from Exeter ; but she would not talk to her maid about her quarrel with her husband , though she was sure that the girl knew of the quarrel .