midday
She did not give him time to answer . `` You leave me in the morning , '' she went on , working her coldness into anger . `` You often go away before I am awake . You come back at midday , and sometimes you do not speak a word over your breakfast . If I speak , you either do not answer , or you find fault with what I say ; and if I show the least enthusiasm for anything but your work , you preach me down with proverbs and maxims , as though I were a child . I am foolish , young , impatient , silly , not fit to take care of myself , you say ! Have you taken care of me ?