noon
They were gone . Lawrence worked savagely , his mind grasping at impossible thoughts which kept struggling for expression . He was afraid , afraid till it chilled him , lest , after all , she loved Philip . If her voice had sounded so intense that noon , it had been because she resented his holding her while her real lover looked on . Meanwhile Claire and Philip tramped through the pines in silence . She was wondering why she had come . She hesitated before speaking to him as she had determined .