midday
Besides , he must have discovered her absence by this time , and would in all probability be searching for her . She smiled at the idea , and she went swiftly on , keenly ready to give all the pain she could . At her own door the servant seemed surprised to see her . Every one had supposed that she was still in her room , for it was not yet midday , and she sometimes slept very late . She glanced at the hall table and saw her key lying amongst the cards where she had thrown it when she had left the house . The servant did not see her take it , for she made a pretence of turning the cards over to find some particular one . She asked indifferently about her husband .