noon
It air a long walk , '' and she sighed again . `` Mebbe ` two n't be so cold tomorrow as it air today , '' cheered Andy and they lapsed into silence . The dawning of Wednesday brought one of those drab days so frequent in the lake-country . The daylight , dim even at high noon , hardly suggested a possible sun shining anywhere . Misty sheets of stinging ice-particles drove from the northern skyline to the hill south of Ithaca . The snow crunched sharply under Tessibel 's feet as she picked her way from the shanty to the lane . Kennedy 's brindle bull , leaping and barking , invited her to a frolic .