noon
`` Father will , no doubt , get thee a mount , Harriet . Of course ` twill not be Fleetwood , but thee wo n't mind that , will thee ? '' `` No , Peggy . '' It was just noon when David Owen came for them . The prisoners confined at Lancaster were for the most part kept in barracks , but many were permitted at large on parole so that the streets swarmed with them . The house was but a half mile from the barracks , and this distance was soon traversed . A strong stockade with four blockhouses , one on each corner , enclosed the barracks .