noon
`` What 's the matter with you girls ? '' demanded Dave Shepard . `` One would think you were sent for and could n't come , by the way you paddle . You 'll get to the lake before noon at this rate . '' `` Not much danger of that , Davie , '' returned Wyn . `` And you know we agreed to stop at Ware 's Island for lunch . '' `` Oh , I wish that was right here ! ''