noon
And I was very sorry for her , and yet it was the only thing to do , for there was no other means of reducing her to absolute submission . And yet she was beautiful to look at , even so , resembling as she did a feminine incarnation of audacity suddenly changed into unconditional obedience by standing between two appalling dangers , and only doubting which was the most to be feared . And very strange is the difference fixed by the Creator between a woman and a man : since the very timidity that makes him utterly contemptible only makes her even more beautifully delicious than she was before . And next day , I waited all the morning for Chaturiká to come , and noon arrived without her coming . And I said to myself as I sat waiting : She will come by and by , and I can not expect her very early , for she may have many other things to do as well as mine . And it may be no easy task that I have given her to do . And now , what am I to say to Táráwalí , when I come upon her in the garden , and see her , O ecstasy !