the
midday sun
`` That 's a pity , '' said the Invisible Man . `` I 've got no quarrel with you . '' Adye moistened his lips again . He glanced away from the barrel of the revolver and saw the sea far off very blue and dark under the midday sun , the smooth green down , the white cliff of the Head , and the multitudinous town , and suddenly he knew that life was very sweet . His eyes came back to this little metal thing hanging between heaven and earth , six yards away . `` What am I to do ? '' he said sullenly .