midday
So I asked again ... ` You see , I can refuse you nothing , ' she said . ` I love you for coming to me . I am a woman again -- even young and glad . Before you came , I was a snake crushed at midday -- that could not die until the dark . ' `` I think the adventure really fascinated her , because she hates the Señor so . Anyway , I followed through several inner rooms of oppressive magnificence which the Spaniard reserves for his own use . Then we entered a corridor .