midday
Lady Fleetwood is back -- when ? ' ` Before dark , she should be . ' He ran up the steps to the house . At Lekkatts beneath Croridge a lean midday meal was being finished hard on the commencement by a silent company of three . When eating is choking to the younger members of the repast , bread and cold mutton-bone serve the turn as conclusively as the Frenchman 's buffet-dishes . Carinthia 's face of unshed tears dashed what small appetite Chillon had . Lord Levellier plied his fork in his right hand ruminating , his back an arch across his plate .