noon
Why did you not say noon -- noon -- twelve of the clock ? The end and the beginning ! Why did you not say noon , Ian ? The light is at its zenith at noon , at twelve ; and the world is dark at twelve -- at midnight . Twelve at noon ; twelve at night ; the light and the dark -- which will it be for us , Ian ? Night or noon ? I wonder , oh , I wonder if , when I see you I shall have the strength to say , ` Yes , go , and come again no more . '