midday
Mr. Ruck did not take his departure for Appenzell on the morrow , in spite of the eagerness to witness such an event which he had attributed to Mrs. Church . He continued , on the contrary , for many days after , to hang about the garden , to wander up to the banker 's and back again , to engage in desultory conversation with his fellow-boarders , and to endeavour to assuage his constitutional restlessness by perusal of the American journals . But on the morrow I had the honour of making Mrs. Church 's acquaintance . She came into the salon , after the midday breakfast , with her German octavo under her arm , and she appealed to me for assistance in selecting a quiet corner . `` Would you very kindly , '' she said , `` move that large fauteuil a little more this way ? Not the largest ; the one with the little cushion . The fauteuils here are very insufficient ; I must ask Madame Beaurepas for another .