morning, noon
`` In love with Lily -- Lily Deford ? did she think I was a -- '' `` She did . She felt about you very much as really fine women would feel could they look down from the battlements of heaven and see the sort of things their husbands frequently bring home to take their place . You have been seen with Lily morning , noon , and night when she was n't with that Pugh boy , who they say is in love with her , and -- '' `` I was with her as a bluff . Billy Pugh is a friend of mine , and a good , clean fellow . Having troubles of my own , I felt sorry for him , and was standing by ; that was all . He 's not responsible for his father 's or grandfather 's business .