midday
I for one had no wish to hurry , it was so pleasant in the shady roads . The woods stood close to the road on the right ; on the left were narrow fields and pastures where there were as many acres of spruces and pines as there were acres of bay and juniper and huckleberry , with a little turf between . When I thought we were in the heart of the inland country , we reached the top of a hill , and suddenly there lay spread out before us a wonderful great view of well-cleared fields that swept down to the wide water of a bay . Beyond this were distant shores like another country in the midday haze which half hid the hills beyond , and the faraway pale blue mountains on the northern horizon . There was a schooner with all sails set coming down the bay from a white village that was sprinkled on the shore , and there were many sailboats flitting about it . It was a noble landscape , and my eyes , which had grown used to the narrow inspection of a shaded roadside , could hardly take it in . `` Why , it 's the upper bay , '' said Mrs. Todd .