noon
So lightly , so ignorantly , I stepped from the first great division of my life into the second ; not hearing the closing of the gate through which there was no turning back . `` The very room , coz she was in , Seemed warm from floor to ceilin ' . '' -- THE COURTIN ' . I arrived at noon , when a bright sun set the country air afloat with motes like dust of gold . The place seemed drenched in golden light . Even the young grass had gold in its green , and the lake glittered hot with yellow sparkles . The house was transformed .