midday
`` Twm will drive the yearlings . Art coming , Will ? '' `` No , '' he answered , `` I have promised to go to Caer-Madoc to-morrow . '' And so Garthowen was empty next day , for Gethin did not return to the midday meal . Morva , as usual in Ann 's absence , took charge of the house , and very sad and lonely she felt as she roamed from one room to another , dusting a chair or table occasionally , and looking out through the windows at the dull , leaden sea , for outside , too , the clouds were gathering , and the wind whispered threatenings of change . Three nights ago ! Was it possible ?