noon
`` Children ! '' rebuked Cora . They were all at the supper table -- I prefer , since we are now at sea , which makes so many equal -- to call the late meal supper , in preference to dinner . No fisherman ever eats a `` dinner '' except at noon , and it was now well on to six o'clock . And they were making merry , were the motor maids and boys . Mrs. Chester had made bountiful provision for the party and they were now enjoying it thoroughly . Over in the bungalow of the boys were ample supplies for days to come , though such as would not keep had been laid in sparingly .