noon
And because of the pleasant light of that day she is content with the present twilight , satisfied with her good dinners and her good management . This is the story of what happened twenty years ago . St. Armand is in the French country which lies between the town of Quebec and the townships where the English settlements are . At that time the railway had not been very long in existence ; two trains ran southward from the large towns in the morning , and two trains ran northward to the large towns in the evening ; besides these , there was just one local train which came into St. Armand at noon , and passengers arriving at noon were obliged to wait for the evening train to get on farther . There were not many passengers by this short local line . Even on the main line there was little traffic that affected St. Armand . Yet most of the men of the place found excuse of business or pleasure to come and watch the advent of the trains .