the noon sun
She was very secret this morning , and I suspect that means rice-balls seasoned with mushrooms and hashed giblets of turkey . She always becomes mysterious when those are in preparation . Eat well , child , and get a little flesh and color before Claudio comes . '' They made a merry breakfast , with the noon sun sending its golden arrows through every tiniest chink of the closed shutters and an almost summer heat reigning without . Then there was an hour of sleep , then a drive to the Pincio to see all the notable people who came up there to look at or speak to each other while the sun sank behind St. Peter 's . And in the evening after dinner they went to the housetop to see the fireworks which were being displayed for some festa or other ; and later there was music , and then to bed . Life became an enchantment to the little bride-elect , as life in Italy will become to any one who has not too heavy a cross to bear .