about noon
So I did n't mind about the snow , for planning it all out , till all at once I looked up , and something slashed into my eyes and stung me , -- it was sleet . `` Oho ! '' said I to myself , with a whistle , -- it was a very long whistle , Johnny ; I knew well enough then it was no play-work I had before me till the sun went down , nor till morning either . That was about noon , -- it could n't have been half an hour since I 'd eaten my dinner ; I eat it driving , for I could n't bear to waste time . The road was n't broken there an inch , and the trees were thin ; there 'd been a clearing there years ago , and wide , white , level places wound off among the trees ; one looked as much like a road as another , for the matter of that . I pulled my visor down over my eyes to keep the sleet out , -- after they 're stung too much they 're good for nothing to see with , and I _ must _ see , if I meant to keep that road . It began to be cold .