midday
` I understand it , ' said the other , with a nod . ` Will you ask her to come and see me ? ' A servant entered with tea . Miss Nunn caught the expression in her visitor 's eyes , and said cheerfully -- ` I had no midday meal to-day , and really I feel the omission . Mary , please do put tea in the dining-room , and bring up some meat -- Miss Barfoot , ' she added , in explanation to Virginia , is out of town , and I am a shockingly irregular person about meals . I am sure you will sit down with me ? ' Virginia sported with the subject .