midday
I asked . She glanced up at the clock . `` They wo n't be here just yet , '' she answered . `` We do n't get them before midday , you know , and during these days they have n't arrived until lunch time , owing to Christmas . '' `` You can read it if you like , '' I said , handing her the telegram , for I had seen her glance at it inquisitively . `` It will interest you enormously . '' She made a little grimace when she had read it . ''