noon
Go ! '' And I obeyed her . March , the 9th day . Doña Orosia sent for me at noon to-day . There was news to tell , and she chose to be the one to tell it . I found her in her favourite seat , -- a great soft couch , covered with rich Moorish stuffs , and placed under the shadow of the balcony that overlooks the sunny garden . Up each of the light pillars from which spring the graceful arches that support this balcony climbs a mass of blooming vines that weave their delicate tendrils round the railing above and then trail downward again in festoons of swaying colour .