noon
It was the next day after this , when my Lord Rolf seemed to hesitate , walking by himself , telling even me nothing , and when it came to the sunset and a cold yellow edged the dark sky over the sea , and the snow-drifts looked ghostly at any distance , he spoke to me after many trials with himself . `` Do you know where we are ? '' `` No , '' I said . `` Do you know that by to-morrow at noon we shall have returned ? '' I looked at him startled . `` Returned to the hall ? '' `` Yes , '' he said ; `` we shall have been round the island . ''