Monday noon
So she whispered back : `` I 'll see that you get a few days off for a nice visit there all by yourself . Perhaps we can arrange to have you go with the girls and look after their luggage on their way to New York . '' At this unexpected offer of bliss , even if it was lonesome , Jeb grinned and shuffled away to drive the horses to the barns . As Jeb had to make another trip to meet the train on Monday noon at Oak Creek , he was only too glad when Tom announced that he was going , too , to meet his father and Dr. Evans . John and Anne found so much to say to each other before the separation came , that they were not to be seen all that day . Polly felt sure she would find them seated on the Imps at the Cliffs , if she wanted to take the trouble to walk there . But she did n't .