midday
If you look through the shutter you can see them . They are in no sort of hurry . '' I did look , and saw that she was right . There were no people in the Piazza -- at midday -- but four men , who stood at intervals in attitudes of detachment and irresponsibility far too pronounced to be real . The church was closed , most of the houses were shuttered ; all this was too remarkable not to have been arranged . Virginia and I looked at one another ; but she watched me like a cat , keeping guard over every movement of mine . One hand pressed her bosom , the other was stretched downwards -- a straight , tense line from shoulder to finger-tips .