About noon
It looked strange enough to see all this wealth in a nest upon a cliff-side , wattled about growing trees . And even then , I thought it seemed deep water for Alan to be riding , who had no better battle-horse than a green purse and a matter of five pounds . The luck , it seems , changed on the second day . About noon I was wakened as usual for dinner , and as usual refused to eat , and was given a dram with some bitter infusion which the barber had prescribed . The sun was shining in at the open door of the Cage , and this dazzled and offended me . Cluny sat at the table , biting the pack of cards . Alan had stooped over the bed , and had his face close to my eyes ; to which , troubled as they were with the fever , it seemed of the most shocking bigness .