about noon
Then came the first big snowstorm of the season . There had been two or three little dashes and squalls . It began at noon and snowed all night . The sky was so white in the early morning you could hardly tell where the snow line ended and where it began ; but by and by there came a bluish , silvery streak that parted it like a band , and presently a pale sun ventured forth , hanging on the edge of yellowish clouds and growing stronger , until about noon it flooded everything with gold , and the heavens were one broad sheet of blue magnificence . Doris did not go to school in the morning . There were no broken paths , and boys and men were busy shoveling out or tracking down . `` It is a heavy snow for so early in the season , '' declared Uncle Leverett .