noon
They saw everything . Every blossoming plant , every budding tree , was precious to them all . All day they rode . Toward noon they left the sunny prairie-land of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin , and entered upon the hill-land of Madison and beyond . As they went north , the season was less advanced , but spring was in the fresh wind and the warm sunshine . As evening drew on , the hylas began to peep from the pools , and their chorus deepened as they came on toward Bluff Siding , which seemed very small , very squalid , and uninteresting , but Robert pointed at the circling wine-colored wall of hills and the warm sunset sky . `` We 're in luck to find a hotel , '' said Robert .