noon
There were other conversations in which a trip to the lake was suggested , games of tennis , with Angela wearing her white tennis suit and shoes , a country dance which might be got up -- there were rumors of one to be given in the new barn of a farmer some seven miles away . Marietta was determined that Angela should appear youthful , gay , active , just the things which she knew instinctively would fascinate Eugene . Finally Eugene came . He arrived at Blackwood at noon . Despite her objections Angela met him , dressed smartly and , as urged by Marietta , carrying herself with an air . She hoped to impress Eugene with a sense of independence , but when she saw him stepping down from the train in belted corduroy travelling suit with a grey English travelling cap , carrying a green leather bag of the latest design , her heart misgave her . He was so worldly now , so experienced .