spring noon
A _ nod _ , you know , doctor , etc. '' `` I do n't well see how I can , '' returned Faber . `` To call now without being sent for , when I never called before ! -- No , Mr. Drew , I do n't think I could . '' It was a lovely spring noon . The rain that had fallen heavily during the night lay in flashing pools that filled the street with suns . Here and there were little gardens before the houses , and the bushes in them were hung with bright drops , so bright that the rain seemed to have fallen from the sun himself , not from the clouds . `` Why , goodness gracious ! ''