nearly noon
She knew that the others thought she was fussy and overparticular , and that helped to make her thoroughly uncomfortable . The fretful wail of a sick baby sounded at intervals from the tent . The banjo-playing had stopped on their arrival . It was nearly noon when the six children came straggling out of the tent . `` I would n't have missed it for anything ! '' said Eugenia , triumphantly . `` Betty was a goose not to go , was n't she ?