noon
Since he was effectually gagged , Grant had not a word to say . Even when he had pulled her hands away and held them prisoners in his own , he said nothing . This was Evadna in a new and unaccountable mood , it seemed to him . She had certainly been very angry with him at noon . She had accused him , in that roundabout way which seems to be a woman 's favorite method of reaching a real grievance , of being fickle and neglectful and inconsiderate and a brute . The things she had said to him on the way down the grade had rankled in his mind , and stirred all the sullen pride in his nature to life , and he could not forget them as easily as she appeared to have done . Good Indian was not in the habit of saying things , even in anger , which he did not mean , and he could not understand how anyone else could do so .