noon
The ill-balanced trap seesawed down the slope , and soon was spinning along the cliff-road , across which the wind blew with such force that Hester caught at her hat . `` Never mind a bit of breeze , my dear . And as for the touch of damp , 't is nobbut the pride o ' the mornin ' . All for heat and pilchar 's , as the saying is : we shall have it broiling hot afore noon . Now I come to think of it , 't is high time we made our introductions . I 'm Nuncey Benny -- that 's short for Annunciation . This here hoss and trap belongs to my mother .