midday
He even tried it under his breath softly . Betty -- Betty Malroy -- next he fell to wondering if those few hurried words she had addressed to him could possibly be construed as forming a basis for a further acquaintance . Or was n't it far more likely she would prefer to forget the episode of the previous day , which had clearly been anything but agreeable ? All through the morning they swung forward in the heat and dust and glare , with now and then a brief pause when they changed horses , and at midday rattled into the shaded main street of a sleepy village and drew up before the tavern where dinner was waiting them -- a fact that was announced by a bare-legged colored boy armed with a club , who beat upon a suspended wagon tire . Betty saw Carrington when she took her seat , and gave a scarcely perceptible start of surprise . Then her face was flooded with a rich color . This was the man who saw her with Captain Murrell yesterday I What must he think of her !