twelve o'clock
The next half-holiday came on a Saturday -- the Saturday of that same week -- and as the weather was lovely just then , Aunt Mattie begged her sister to allow the three elder boys to spend it at Caryll , as she had planned with Rosamond . So it was arranged that , as soon as morning lessons were over , the four children should walk back together in time for early dinner at Rosamond 's home . In one sense it was scarcely correct to call Saturday a half-holiday , as the boys did not go to the vicarage at all that day , though they were supposed to spend two hours at home in preparation of Monday 's lessons . By twelve o'clock they were all under way , Rosamond feeling not a little important at the prospect of acting hostess to the Hervey boys . ` How shall we go ? ' said Archie , as they stood on the drive for a moment or two looking about them . ` By the moor , of course , ' said Justin at once , ` turning down the path that brings us out near the cross-roads -- the way we go on middling days , you know , ' he added to Rosamond . '