noon
`` Anybody can make old Father Lobster fall asleep if he only rubs him in the right place . You are not going , are you ? '' for the girls had risen to depart . `` I am afraid we must , '' said Madge ; `` we promised to get back to our houseboat by noon . If you come down to Cape May , wo n't you please come to see us ? Our houseboat is a rival to your boathouse . '' `` You are very kind , '' answered the old captain , shaking his head , `` but I do n't do much visiting .