noon
There are few Americans so ignorant as not to be fully aware that the sun has no sensible motion , or any motion that has an apparent influence on our own planet ; but fewer still clearly comprehend the reasons of those very changes that are occurring constantly before their eyes . We can not say that Captain Gardiner succeeded very well in his undertaking , though he imprinted on the old boat-steerer 's mind the fact that the sun would not be seen at all were they only a few degrees farther south than they actually were . `` And now , sir , I suppose he 'll get higher and higher every day , '' put in Stephen , `` until he comes quite up above our heads ? '' `` Not exactly that at noon ; though abeam , as it might be , mornings and evenings . '' `` Still , the coldest of our weather is yet to come , or I have no exper ` ence in such things . Why does not the heat come back with the sun -- or what seems to be the sun coming back ? though , as you tell me , Captain Gar ` ner , it 's only the ` arth sheering this-a-way and that-a-way in her course . ''