noon
He 's comin ' on at the ` alls to-night after the race . Goin ' to sit on a stool and sing _ The Wop 'em Opossum _ , specially composed by me and Mar for this occasion only . '' He lilted on his way . * * * * * By noon the Paddock was filling , and the Carriage Enclosure becoming packed . People began to blacken the railway embankment , to gather in knots all round the course at likely places , to line the Canal . In the crowd you could hear the dialects of every county in England mingling with accents of the young countries beyond the seas . At noon the Duke and his party crossed the Paddock .