midday
`` If you gave me leave . '' Rachel thought a little , and then made a scarcely perceptible sign of assent . A few more words passed as to the best time at which to find Ellesborough at leisure . It was decided that Janet should aim at catching him in the midday dinner hour . `` I should bicycle , and get home before dark . '' `` And now let 's talk of something else , '' said Rachel , imperiously . She found some business letters that had to be answered , and set to work on them .