midday
Blast the lot . It 's a bloody world . '' The Lovers ' Quarrel Boy did not appear at dinner . The midday meal , especially on Sunday , she generally skipped . Old Mat , Ma , and Silver lunched together and in silence . The old trainer was absorbed in himself , and there was no question that he found himself exceedingly good company . His face became pink and his eye wet with the excellence of the joke he was brewing in his deeps .