noon
Nothing could ever be the same to either of them . The stuff of their inner lives had been changed ... . They sailed the day long in the full sun , which beat down with a memory of summer that already had departed . At noon they landed on a rocky islet , a mere clump of firs water bound , and after eating their luncheon they lay under the fragrant trees and talked long hours . `` If this had n't been , '' Falkner said with deep gratitude , `` we should not have known each other . '' She smiled back triumphantly . That was the truth she had divined the night he was to have left her .