noon
Hazel gleamed up at him from under her hat , her lips in a curl . ` That is only what you would have _ tried _ to do , ' she said . But then Miss Wych subsided and fell back into the closest rapt attention to the beauties of the landscape and the evening sky . ` The only time , ' Rollo went on , ` when the least annoyance would be possible , is after work hours , or just at noon when they are out for dinner . At all other times the whole population is shut up in the mills , and the street is empty . ' ` Was it your peaches then after all ? ' said the girl suddenly .