noon
Clyde Farm began to wear the appearance of a business place . A manufacturing company was incorporated under the title of the Clyde Mills . The stillness of the spot was exchanged for the strokes of the pickaxe , the human voice urging on oxen and horses , the blasting of rocks ; the grass was trampled down , the trees were often wantonly injured , and , where they obstructed the tracks of wheels , laid prostrate . Frances no longer delighted to walk at noon day under the thick foliage that threw its shadow on the grass as vividly as a painting . All was changed ! It is true she now saw her husband , but she had but little more of his society ; his mind and time were wholly engrossed ; he came often , and certainly did not , as formerly , confine his visits to the Sabbath . All went on with wonderful rapidity ; story rose upon story , till it seemed as if the new manufactory , with its windows and abutments , was destined to become another Babel .