noon
Her figure was roundly and finely developed , rather stately and slow moving ; which characteristic harmonised with all the rest of her . The two girls were as unlike each other as possible . It amused and half fascinated Lawrence to watch the contrast . It seemed to be noon of a summer day in the soul of Christina , a still breadth of light without shadow ; there was a murmur of content in her voice when she spoke , and a ripple of content in her laugh when she laughed . But the light quivered on Dolly 's lip , and gleamed and sparkled in her brown eyes , and light and shadow could flit over her face with quick change ; they did so now . Meanwhile people had forgotten the old cathedral . Christina seemed unaffectedly glad at the meeting with her friend of the school days .