midday
Betty told him nervously and in words ill-chosen everything that he asked to know , but all the while the undercurrent of questions rang strong within her -- `` When is he to teach me ? Where ? How ? '' -- so that when at last there was left but the bare fifteen minutes needed to get one home in time for the midday dinner she said abruptly : `` And when shall I see you again ? '' `` You take the words out of my mouth , '' said he . And indeed she had . `` She has no _ finesse _ yet , '' he told himself .