morning, noon
He revised it now and strengthened it . Day after day the passers by upon the silent highway came in sight of this bronzed young giant under his awning , with a pipe in his mouth and a vast bottle by his side , and beheld him enthusiastically scrawling , or gazing with fixed eye at nothing in particular on the other side of the river . Once or twice being caught in the act of declaiming fragments of his dialogue , by easy-going scullers who pulled silently round the side of the houseboat , he dashed into the interior of that aquatic residence with much precipitation . At other times his meditations were broken in upon by the cheery invitations and restless invasions of a wild tribe of the youth of Twickenham and its neighbourhood who had a tent in a field hard by , and whose joy at morning , noon , and night , was beer . These savages had an accordion and a penny whistle and other instruments of music wherewith to make the night unbearable and the day a heavy burden . They were known as ` The Tribe of the Scorchers , ' and were a happy and a genial people , but their presence was inimical to the rising hopes of the drama . Nevertheless , Barndale worked , and the comedy grew little by little towards completion .