midday
`` I shall leave to-morrow , of course . What was my mother thinking of ? Stupid business from first to last . '' When he announced at breakfast his intention of taking his departure on the midday train , Lucia wondered again what would happen ; and again , to her relief , Lady Theobald was astonishingly lenient . `` As your friends expect you , of course we can not overrule them , '' she said . `` We will , however , hope to see something of you during your stay at Broadoaks . It will be very easy for you to run down and give us a few hours now and then . ''