noon
The _ Nausicaä 's _ people knew the ordeal before him , but many a man said Glaucon had the easier task . He could run till life failed him . They now could only fold their hands and wait . * * * * * * * It was long past noon when Glaucon left the desolate village of Oropus behind him . The day was hot , but after the manner of Greece not sultry , and the brisk breeze was stirring on the hill slopes . Over the distant mountains hung a tint of deep violet . It was early in Bœdromion .