11 o'clock
And Julie may have this pretty front room with the bed and Gerald the other . Now , let 's get them made up , just as quietly as we can . Then we will unpack the supplies that you got from the store , Julie , and prepare a noon meal . '' The cots were untied from the rafters and one was placed on the porch in the position chosen by Dan , then the bedding was put on all of them and it was 11 o'clock and the sun was riding hot and high above the mountain when Julie , suddenly becoming demure , announced that she wanted Dan to go to sleep also , and that she and Gerald would get the lunch . The older boy did not require much urging and when he saw the eager light in the eyes of the little girl , who had in the beginning supposed that she alone was to be the one to take care of him , he decided to do as she wished . Julie had had six months ' training with her grandmother , who believed that a girl could not begin too young to learn how to cook , and she had often boasted that she had a very apt pupil . He soon heard the children whispering and laughing happily at the back of the cabin , then a door was closed softly and the lad heard only the soughing in the pine trees close to the porch and the humming of the winged insects far and near .