noon
They were the politely flowing feminine of a statement of the fact , which might have been in one line . They flourished wantonly : they were deadly blunt . And of all men , this youngster , who struck at him through her lips with the reproach , that he had sped the good-looking little beast upon his road to ruin : -- perhaps to Ambrose Mallard 's end ! Carinthia reached Esslemont near noon . She came on foot , and had come unaccompanied , stick in hand , her dress looped for the roads . Madge bustled her shorter steps up the park beside her ; Fleetwood met her on the terrace . ` No one can be spared at Croridge , ' she said .