midday
`` I thought it would be more comfortable , '' she said , `` as there are only our two selves , just to sit here . '' He thanked her with a look . It was a nice little dinner , and Mark , to his surprise , ate it with an appetite . Except the cup of tea that he had taken in the morning , and a glass of wine at midday , he had touched nothing . Mrs. Cunningham was a woman of great tact , and by making him talk of the steps that he intended to take to hunt down the assassin , kept him from thinking . `` Thank you very much , Mrs. Cunningham , '' he said , when the dinner was over . `` I feel very much better . ''