Midday
But Natchez is not out of the world , even if the soldiers should be sent there . After all , there may be no fighting . But I ca n't solve the mystery of our Virginia friend 's ungallant conduct . '' Midday came and went , the afternoon wasted away , the sun set , but the disappointing cavalier came not back to the village . Madam Blennerhassett said no more about him , though she noticed that at intervals Evaleen furtively glanced through an open window eastward down the long perspective of the shaded road . Burr tarried at Massac , spinning subtle webs to entangle human flies . He `` lived along the line '' of correspondence , keeping in touch with former associates and recent acquaintances .