morning, noon
Mrs. Rodney had but little sleep that night . She went to bed in a state of worry and uncertainty , oppressed by the shadows which threatened eternal darkness to the fair name of the family -- however distantly removed . Katherine 's secret had in reality been news to her ; she had not paid enough attention to the Medcrofts to notice anything that they did , so long as they did not do it in conjunction with the Odell-Carneys . The Odell-Carneys were her horizon , -- morning , noon , and night . And now there was likelihood of that glorious horizon being obscured by a sickening scandal in the vulgar foreground . Inspired by Katherine 's dreadful conclusions , the excellent lady set about to observe for herself . During the entire evening she flitted about the hotel and grounds with all the snooping instincts of a Sherlock Holmes .