noon
`` Perhaps you are hungry , too , '' she said , with one of her winning smiles , a smile that seemed to set her face in a glow of friendliness . `` We are on a tramping tour -- I mean a walking tour , '' she hastily corrected herself , feeling that perhaps the man would object to the word `` tramp . '' She went on : `` We are on a walking tour , visiting friends and relatives . We generally take a lunch at noon . '' `` Yes , that seems to be the universal custom , '' agreed the man . `` That is , for some persons , '' and he smiled , showing his white teeth . `` Are you -- are you hungry ? ''