noon
` Mind , I wo n't have any more of this sort of thing ; do you hear ? ' ` Very well , ' she said . He drew her arm within his own , and conducted her out of the Cemetery . It was impossible to get back that night ; and not wishing to be recognized in their present sorry condition , he took her to a miserable little coffee-house close to the station , whence they departed early in the morning , travelling almost without speaking , under the sense that it was one of those dreary situations occurring in married life which words could not mend , and reaching their own door at noon . The months passed , and neither of the twain ever ventured to start a conversation upon this episode . Ella seemed to be only too frequently in a sad and listless mood , which might almost have been called pining . The time was approaching when she would have to undergo the stress of childbirth for a fourth time , and that apparently did not tend to raise her spirits .