noon
Here she intended joining the doctor on his way down . Probably her father would follow him ; but it was her intention to intercept any such plan . A fog had arisen , and the struggling rosy beams of the sun glimmered opalescently through the density . Ruth thought it would be clear by noon , when she and her mother could go for a stirring tramp . She stood lost in thought till a firm footfall on the stairs aroused her . `` I see Miss Levice here ; do n't come down , '' Kemp was saying . `` What further directions I have must be given to a woman . ''