the sun at midday
`` And where have you seen this monster ? '' `` It is n't a monster at all ; it 's a steamer . I saw one on my last voyage . It came from the other side of the world , from that country where the sun at midday looks just like a burnished copper plate . '' `` Of course , '' added Milena , nodding , `` if it 's on the other side of the earth , they can only see the sun after it 's set . But where is that place of darkness ? Is it Kitay ? ''