about midday
I ca n't think what 's to be done ! These village helps are more trouble than they 're worth . '' Mrs. Harper , the cook , had failed the camp before , taking an occasional day off , without any previous notice , to attend to her domestic affairs at home . Miss Jones knew from former experience that she would either stroll in casually about midday , or more probably would not come at all until to-morrow . In the meantime fifty people required meals , and the situation was urgent . `` Could n't we go to Ledcombe for you ? '' suggested Raymonde .