midday
`` He is good-looking and looks nice also , '' said Kitty . Florence made no reply . The girls paced up and down together ; but somehow the edge of the day 's enjoyment seemed gone . They went in to their midday meal between twelve and one , and afterwards Kitty , who said she felt a little tired , went to lie down . Florence , however , was still restless and perturbed ; she hated the thought of the vicinity of Bertha Keys , and yet she had a curious longing to know something about her . `` I am not going to fight shy of her or to show her that I am in the least afraid of her , '' thought Florence ; `` I can make myself much more disagreeable to her and much more dangerous than she can ever make herself to me . I wonder where she is staying ? ''