midday
So we all felt it . We hung awkwardly over our sense of that . It was Verrall , I think , who shaped the thought for me , and said that to-morrow then we must meet and say good-bye , and so turned our encounter into a transitory making of arrangements . We settled we would come to the inn at Menton , all three of us , and take our midday meal together ... . Yes , it was clear that was all we had to say now ... . We parted a little awkwardly . I went on down the village street , not looking back , surprised at myself , and infinitely perplexed .