noon
She was made for society ; and yet she hated it . And one day she went out of it altogether and for evermore . She had been well in the morning when Edward went down to his office in Hamley . At noon he was sent for by hurried trembling messengers . When he got home breathless and uncomprehending , she was past speech . One glance from her lovely loving black eyes showed that she recognised him with the passionate yearning that had been one of the characteristics of her love through life . There was no word passed between them .