noon
Haward , stepping into a boat , handed her to a seat in the stern , and himself took the oars . Leaving the landing , they came to the creek and entered it . Presently they were gliding beneath the red brick wall with the honeysuckle atop . On the opposite grassy shore , seated in a blaze of noon sunshine , was Hugon . They in the boat took no notice . Haward , rowing , spoke evenly on , his theme himself and the gay and lonely life he had led these eleven years ; and Audrey , though at first sight of the waiting figure she had paled and trembled , was too safe , too happy , to give to trouble any part of this magic morning . She kept her eyes on Haward 's face , and almost forgot the man who had risen from the grass and in silence was following them .