noon
Bobby got his coat and hat . `` I 'll walk to the stable with you . '' He was glad to escape from the dismal hall in which the firelight grew more eccentric . The court was colder and damper , and even beyond the chill was more penetrating than it had been at the grave that noon . Uneven flakes of snow sifted from the swollen sky , heralds of a white invasion . `` No more sleep-walking ? '' the doctor asked when he had taken the blanket from his horse and climbed into the buggy .