midday
When it came to closing time , `` Your woman is not in , '' said one of the soldiers ; and he looked at the girl . `` Woman ? '' said Eubank , with meaning ; `` I have seen no woman . '' `` She was here at midday , '' the man answered , without suspicion . Perhaps the girl had been expecting it , for she did not blench , though Eubank 's eyes were on her face . `` Then leave the door on the latch , '' she said ; and she added , with fine contempt , `` If a wench has a lover you need not tell the town ! '' She went upstairs with that , and Hunt , who was tired and mystified and in a poor humour -- things at home promising to turn out as ill as matters abroad , went to his den off the kitchen and shut himself in to sulk .