the midday sun
She could not find anything of that feeling in the early day outside Hanover . She was hemmed in , and the fields were so sad she could not bear to look at them . The sun had disappeared since they came out . The sky was grey and low and it seemed warmer already than it had been in the midday sun during the last few days . One of the girls on ahead hummed the refrain of a student-song : -- `` In der Ecke steht er Seinen Schnurbart dreht er Siehst du wohl , da steht er schon Der versoff ' ne Schwiegersohn . '' Miriam felt very near the end of endurance . Elsa Speier who was just behind her , became her inevitable companion when they reached the roadway .