six o’clock
` Oh , then Dicky must be with them , ' said Margery , consolingly . ` Geoffrey always takes him wherever he can . ' So the girls went into the tent to begin their dinner toilet , which consisted in carefully brushing burrs and dust from their pretty dresses , and donning fresh collars and stockings , with low ties of russet leather , which Polly declared belonged only to the stage conception of a camping costume ; then , with smoothly brushed hair and bright flower-knots at collar and belt , they looked charming enough to grace any drawing-room in the land . The horn was blown again at six o'clock , Aunt Truth standing at the entrance of the path which led up the cañon , shading her anxious eyes from the light of the setting sun . -- ` Here they come ! ' she cried , joyously , as the welcome party appeared in sight , guns over shoulder , full game-bags , and Jack and Geoff with a few rabbits and quail hanging over their arms . The girls rushed out of the tent .