noon
But the worst was over for Ramona now , and long before they reached the bottom of the precipice she was ready to laugh at her fears ; only , as she looked back at the zigzag lines of the path over which she had come , -- little more than a brown thread , they seemed , flung along the rock , -- she shuddered . Down in the bottom of the canon it was still the dusky gloaming when they arrived . Day came late to this fairy spot . Only at high noon did the sun fairly shine in . As Ramona looked around her , she uttered an exclamation of delight , which satisfied Alessandro . `` Yes , '' he said , `` when I came here for the ferns , I wished to myself many times that you could see it . There is not in all this country so beautiful a place .