About noon
Adelle , who had a greater interest than her cousin because of her dim understanding of the judge 's purpose , gazed searchingly at everything , and was able to see it differently , to comprehend it all as she had not been able to the time before when she had forced Archie to make the expedition with her . She realized now , at least in part , what Clark 's Field really meant , what the magic lamp she had so carelessly rubbed for years to gratify her desires was made of . And it made her thoughtful . About noon , when the little streets were flooded from curb to curb by a motley army of pale-faced foreign workers from the high lofts and the noisy factories , the judge 's carriage drew up beside a vacant corner , the one large undeveloped bit of land still left , nearly in the center of the whole tract . This was plastered with the signs of the realty company , seductively offering to lease it for a term of years or improve it with a building to suit tenant , etc. . `` About all the open space and blue sky there is left ! '' the judge remarked , pointing out the figures of a few dirty children who were exploring a puddle and a pit of rubbish in the vacant lot .