noon
He was as watchful as a lynx . It was impossible to conceive of him walking into a trap . So he determined to wait , at least until that night . It was almost noon when Adare sent word by Metoosin asking Philip to rejoin him in the big room . A little later Josephine and her mother came in . Again Philip noticed that in the face of Adare 's wife was that strange look which he had first observed in her room . The colour of the morning had faded from her cheeks .