midday
`` Yes , dear ; you must lie still now . '' `` Let him go , Mama . '' She spoke quickly : `` Take him in , Steve . '' It was midday when they reached the city . Sitting upright on the seat beside his master , the dog forgot everything else in the procession of crowding wagons and cars and people -- strange sights to his country eyes . He lost all sense of direction when , honking , feeling his way , Earle turned down this street and that , the crowd , the noise , the life ever increasing . Eyes aglow , the dog looked behind at the boy .