noon
I have not time to explain it to you now . I am very busy . Some other time we will talk more about it . '' I carried a spandy new idea , and a stirring , into the garden with me at noon , as a chicken runs away to a corner with a crumb . The sun shone brightly , and I easily kept comfortable by skipping up and down a long walk , bordered on the northern side by an arbor-vitæ hedge . I did not know that resinous evergreens really give out warmth , but I had found out , for myself , that this was the warmest nook of the grounds in winter , and haunted it exceedingly . `` When animal heat comes , life comes , '' I repeated aloud , in dancing along .