noon
If I have not expressed the whole of my deep tenderness which is poured out all , all on thee alone -- my yearning and continued love , that counts the minutes when thou art not near me ; it is not that I cease ever to think of thee , to adore thee , but that it were unmaidenly and overbold to tell thee of it . See , now , if I have not done so here ; and my hand trembles , and my cheek burns , and almost I expect to see the pallid paper blush , to find itself the bearer of words so passionate as these . But you will pardon me , and come to me forthwith , and tell me , if anything , in what I have displeased thee . `` It is a lovely morning , and Hortensia has just learned from Caius Bibulus , that at high noon the ambassadors of the wild Allobroges will march in with their escort over the Mulvian Bridge . She wishes much to see the pomp , for we are told that their stature is gigantic and their presence noble , and their garb very wild , yet magnificent withal and martial . Shall we go forth and see them ? Hortensia will carry me in her carpentum , and you can either ride with us on horseback , or if you be not over proud take our reins yourself as charioteer , or , what will perhaps be the best of all , come in your own car and escort us .