noon
I but tell thee what runneth in my mind , for thou and I , Herbert , have bosomed no secrets . I will to bed . We must go the round again to-morrow -- with the sun to hold as a candle . ' The next day the same party made a similar circuit three times -- in the morning , at noon , and in the evening -- that the full light might uncover what the shadows had hid , and that the shadows might show what a perpendicular light could not reveal . There is all the difference as to discovery whether a thing is lying under the shadow of another , or casting one of its own . After this came a review of the outer fortifications -- if , indeed , they were worthy of the name -- enclosing the gardens , the old tilting yard , now used as a bowling-green , the home-farmyard , and other such outlying portions under the stewardship of sir Ralph Blackstone and the governorship of Charles Somerset , the earl 's youngest son . It was here that the most was wanted ; and the next few days were chiefly spent in surveying these works , and drawing plans for their extension , strengthening , and connection -- especially about the stables , armourer 's shop , and smithy , where the building of new defences was almost immediately set on foot .