noon
`` Phil , we shall have to be quick this morning , or we shall have to come crawling home round the shore instead of rowing straight across the bay , '' Katherine said , as she piled bundles of pelts into the boat , and tied over them a canvas sheet , for security from any chance wave . `` Oh , we can hustle , and very likely the storm wo n't break before night ! '' Phil said easily . `` More likely that it will break before noon , '' retorted Miles , who was helping to bring out the pelts from the stockroom . `` Do n't go to-day , Katherine ; it is fearful work crossing from Fort Garry when there is a strong north-east wind . I came across with Father once , when we thought we must have been swamped every minute . '' `` Do not worry yourself , my dear boy , '' laughed Katherine , `` I shall not attempt to cross if the weather is very rough ; I shall skirt the shore all the way .