noon
`` Soon ! '' he said , `` soon I will tell him he ought to be prepared -- I _ will _ tell him ! '' It was no easy matter next day to find Valmai , though Cardo and Gwynne Ellis sought for her over shore and cliff and by the brawling Berwen . They were returning disconsolate through the turnip fields at noon , when Cardo caught sight of a red spot in the middle of a corn-field . `` There she is , Ellis , '' he said , turning round ; `` have we time to go back ? '' `` What ! that little scarlet poppy in the corn ? ''