midday
`` I know nothing whatever about it , '' she said , caring little for the lie which she was telling . `` I am sorry you have lost it ; but how did you get it ? '' Elma was silent , shutting up her lips tightly . The dinner-gong sounded , and the girls went down to their midday meal . Carrie soon perceived that Elma was in real trouble . With all her low , idle , careless , and unprincipled ways , at the bottom of her heart she was fond of her sister . She made up her mind to visit Sam Raynes that evening and get him to return the money .