midday
Somebody drops a match , and the sun ignites it . But the chances are much against a fire like that spreading . Care is wanted to make it spread . As far as I can learn , the worst fires have not been just after midday , when , of course , the heat is greater , but in the early night , before the dews have come . All the same , I feel that I know nothing about it -- nothing at all . Do n't let me sleep long . '' In spite of this injunction , Mrs. Heathcote determined that he should sleep all day if he would .