noon
Both silently feasted their eyes upon the scene opening with increasing magnificence before them . As they reached the village of Winzer , the victorious sun was approaching the western horizon , and diffused over it a fan of golden rays . The gray cloud bank above , which a light breeze was driving before it , was bordered with golden edges . The young green foliage , refreshed by the rain , glittered as richly and magnificently as emerald and chrysoprase , and the primroses and other early spring flowers , which had just grown up along the roadside and in the meadows , shone in brighter colours than in the full light of noon . The big fresh drops on the leaves and blossoms sparkled and glittered in the last rays of the sun . Now Ratisbon also appeared . The city , with its throng of steeples , was surrounded by a damp vapour which the reflection of the sun coloured with a faint , scarcely perceptible roseate hue .