about noon
answer 'd he : `` and to me , that am a man o ' blushes from my cradle ! '' Convinced by this that the fellow must be an idiot , I told him so , and left him staring after us ; nor heard the sound of his horses moving on again for many minutes . After this we met about a dozen on the road , and all paus 'd to stare . But from one -- an old woman -- we learn 'd we were walking toward Marlboro ' , and about noon were over the hills and looking into the valley beyond . 'T was very like the other vale ; only a pleasant stream wound along the bottom , by the banks of which the road took us . Here , by a bridge , we came to an inn bearing the sign of `` The Broad Face , '' and entered : for Captain Settle 's stock of victuals was now done . A sour-fac 'd woman met us at the door .