noon
When another day came , it was still dark and gloomy , though not raining just then . They managed to get a chance to stretch themselves outside before it set in again . Steve was the one who did most of the complaining , though Toby grumbled quite a bit also . Along toward noon , it brightened up some . Toby even declared with bated breath that he fancied he glimpsed a tiny patch of blue sky , `` large enough to make a pair of trousers . '' `` But the signs all show that it 's clearing off , '' observed Steve , exultantly , fixing his weather-sharp eye on the aforesaid patch of azure sky . `` You know the old saying is , ` Between eleven and two it 'll tell you what it 's going to do , ' so I 'm counting on our having a decent afternoon of it . ''