7 A.M.
There they could practise getting in and out of a boat , and accustom themselves to the air of the sea . To be sure , the cousins were just moving up from the seashore , but they could take down a basket of luncheon , in order to give no trouble , and they need not go into the house . Elizabeth Eliza had learned by heart , early in the summer , the list of trains , as she was sure they would lose the slip their cousins had sent them ; and you never could find the paper that had the trains in when you wanted it . They must take the 7 A.M. train into Boston in time to go across to the station for the Gooseberry train at 7.45 , and they would have to return from Gooseberry Beach by a 3.30 train . The cousins would order the `` barge '' to meet them on their arrival , and to come for them at 3 P.M. , in time for the return train , if they were informed the day before . Elizabeth Eliza wrote them a postal card , giving them the information that they would take the early train . The `` barge '' was the name of the omnibus that took passengers to and from the Gooseberry station .