about noon
`` He 's going to make that point , all right , '' said Thad , knowing that the Jones boy 's one fear had been lest he ground on the bar that put out there , and be compelled to show himself in order to push off again . `` But you said it would be hours before he could even get to camp , did n't you , Thad ? '' asked Smithy . `` The way he 's drifting now , he 'll surely be at the end of the lake in half an hour ; and given four times as much to make his way round all the coves , would bring him to camp about noon , I reckon . Then , if Giraffe starts out at once , and has fair luck traveling he ought to get to Rockford in two hours , running part of the way , once he strikes the road . '' `` That would mean two in the afternoon , then , Thad ? '' `` About that , if all goes well , '' the other continued , as though mapping out the programme , step by step .