noon
They did not speak , but smiled faintly , looking at one another . In this still moment , before passion had returned to claim its own , their spirits passed through the sleepy air , and became entwined , so that neither could withdraw that soft , slow , encountering glance . In mutual contentment , each to each , close as music to the strings of a violin , their spirits clung -- so lost , the one in the other , that neither for that brief time seemed to know which was self . In fulfilment of her resolution , Lady Valleys , who had returned to Town by a morning train , started with Barbara for the Temple about three in the after noon , and stopped at the doctor 's on the way . The whole thing would be much simpler if Eustace were fit to be moved at once to Valleys House ; and with much relief she found that the doctor saw no danger in this course . The recovery had been remarkable -- touch and go for bad brain fever just avoided ! Lord Miltoun 's constitution was extremely sound .