noon
`` Sir Malcolm and I were walking out to see the town and -- '' `` To see the town ? By gad , that 's good , Cousin Madge . How much of it did you see ? You are as blind as an owl at noon , '' answered his Lordship . `` Alas ! I am blind , '' returned Madge , clinging closely to me , and shrinking from her cousin 's terrible jest . I could not think of anything sufficiently holy and sacred upon which to vow my vengeance against this fellow , if the time should ever come when I dared take it .