midday
`` I shall never go away from La Belle Detroit . Oh , Pani , there may be beautiful places in the world , '' and she thought of the island and Miladi , `` but none so dear . No , we shall stay here always . '' But the news had traveled , and suddenly there was an influx ; M. De Ber going home to his midday meal could not believe until he had seen Jeanne with his own eyes . And the narrow street was filled as with a procession . Jeanne kept to the simple story and let her listeners guess at motives or mysterious purposes . They had not harmed her .