The midday sun
`` Do n't tell anyone ! '' said Nick . `` But that 's my speciality . '' The midday sun was veiled in a thick haze , and the heat was intense . The dust lay white upon the hedges , and eddied about their wheels as they passed . The sea stretched away indefinitely into the sky , leaden , motionless , with no sound of waves . `` I am sure there will be a storm , '' said Olga .