noon
She opened the letter and read . Dear Pauline : -- I saw you going into the church this morning and wanted to speak to you , but you were too quick for me . I should very much have liked to run up in the course of the forenoon , but that too was impossible . So I send a line to say that I am off at noon on military duty . I do n't know yet where I am going , nor how long I shall be away . But I trust the journey will be neither far nor long . I shall see you immediately on my return .