noon
To these broken remarks Edward made no answer ; his ear indeed received them , but his soul was intent upon the expected entrance of Flora . The door opened . It was but Cathleen , with her lady 's excuse , and wishes for Captain Waverley 's health and happiness . It was noon when the two friends stood at the top of the pass of Bally-Brough . ` I must go no farther , ' said Fergus Mac-Ivor , who during the journey had in vain endeavoured to raise his friend 's spirits . ` If my cross-grained sister has any share in your dejection , trust me she thinks highly of you , though her present anxiety about the public cause prevents her listening to any other subject . Confide your interest to me ; I will not betray it , providing you do not again assume that vile cockade . '