midday
But now , please , I have finished that compound equation . Pray go on with yours . '' The two lads bent down now earnestly to their work , and with a little help mastered the puzzle which had seemed hopeless a short time before . Then the rest of the morning glided away rapidly , and Vince hurried off home to his midday dinner , after a word or two about meeting , which was to be at the side of the dwarf-oak wood , to which each was to make his way so as not to excite attention , and in case , as Vince still believed , Daygo really was keeping an eye upon their movements . `` I thought as much , '' said Vince aloud , as he reached the appointed place , with a good-sized creel in his hand , the hammer and crowbar being in a belt under his jersey , like a pair of hidden weapons . `` I 'd go by myself if I had the rope . '' `` And lanthorn , '' said Mike , raising his head from where he had been lying hidden in a clump of heather .