midday
How had Jane interpreted him ? And was it right or wrong to have paused when on the point of confessing that he loved her ? Rain caught him at a distance from home , and he returned to breakfast in rather a cheerless plight . He found that Michael was not feeling quite himself , and would not rise till midday . Jane had a look of anxiety , and he fancied she behaved to him with a constraint hitherto unknown . The fancy was dispelled , however , when , later in the morning , she persuaded him to bring out his sketch-book , and suggested points of view for a drawing of the farm that had been promised to Mr. Pammenter . Himself unable to recover the tone of calm intimacy which till yesterday had been natural between them , Sidney found himself studying the girl , seeking to surprise some proof that she too was no longer the same , and only affected this unconsciousness of change .