noon
He asked nothing better for his own share of profit than a chance to show what he could do with it on some of the smooth fields of Ythan . If he had been aware of Mr Fleming 's distaste for all things untried , or `` new-fangled , '' it is likely he would have carried his request elsewhere . But , greatly to Davie 's surprise , his grandfather listened to the proposition of Mr Hemmenway with no special signs of disfavour , and he could only hope that the wonderful eloquence of their Yankee friend might not hinder rather than help his cause . `` With a fair start in the morning we calculate , with a middlin ' span of horses , to get over by noon as much ground as six men would get over , if they worked from sunrise to sundown , if they did n't have to stop to eat or drink or take a resting-spell . We cut clean and even . There 'll be a little clipping , maybe , round the stumps and stone piles , but you do n't seem to have many of them . You just see me go once round your big field there with my team , and you 'll never want to touch a scythe again .