about noon
To sit still meekly and see it snatched from her by a slip of a soft girl ? A thousand times , no ! And she watched her chance . She saw him about noon sally forth towards the river , with his rod . She had to wait a little , for Gordy and his bailiff were down there by the tennis lawn , but they soon moved on . She ran out then to the park gate . Once through that she felt safe ; her husband , she knew , was working in his room ; the girl somewhere invisible ; the old governess still at her housekeeping ; Mrs. Doone writing letters .