noon
Often has the moon looked in through the dull , many-paned windows , lighting our revels ; though we cared little for light , our delicate feelers almost supplying the place of eyes . But one night above all nights I remember ! There had been a great deal of moving about in the warehouse during the day , running of trucks , and rolling of casks . Brisk , the liveliest of my brothers , had sat watching in a hole from noon until dusk , and now hurried through our little passage into the shed , where we were all nestling behind some old canvass . He brought us news of a coming feast . `` A ship has arrived from India , '' said he , `` and we 'll have a glance at the cargo . They 've been busy stowing it away next door .