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I 'll go over directly after supper and see her , so you can put your minds at rest . '' Mrs. Emmons would be delighted to come and spend the day with grandma , it proved , so the plans for Wednesday instantly began , as if they did not have a whole day before them . The hour of the start must be settled at once . As it would be low tide at eleven , they must be off at eight in the morning , to get well over the mud-flats before they were exposed . They would go outside the point for a little cruise , if it was not too rough , and then come back and land at the Gurnet , and show all the sights there to Hilda , and eat their luncheon either before or after , as they liked . The boys were both good sailors , and understood a boat perfectly . Their grandfather Maxwell had trained them well from the time they were wee bits of boys , and even before his death , three years before , he had trusted them to go out alone .