noon precisely
`` Oh , '' said Glyn drily . `` Well , come on down the grounds now . We shall see . '' Plymborough was out in street and road excepting those who lived on the line of route and had windows that looked down upon the coming procession , which was to be timed to reach the town , after a long march from Duncombe , at noon precisely . Small things please country people , and there was not much work being done that day . It was an excuse for a holiday , as eagerly seized upon by the townsfolk , old and young , as by the young gentlemen of Dr Bewley 's establishment . But that was not all .