noon
But he was deceived in these guesses as well as in so many others . All the world seemed out of doors that morning , but nobody came . The ruddy sunshine shone full down the street , glorifying it with rays of warm gold , and tinting the mists and clouds which lurked in the corners . It had been heavy and overcast in the morning , but at noon the clouds had cleared away , and that big red globe of fire had risen majestically out of the mists , and everybody was out . But no one , except humble people in the ordinary way of business , came to Cotsdean . Bushels of grain for chickens , pennyworths of canary seed -- oh ! did any one think he could pay a hundred pounds out of these ?