noon
he asked pleasantly . `` Well -- yes , '' said Dolly ; `` just got through , '' said the little liar -LRB- there was n't anything within the cabin to breakfast upon -RRB- . `` We 'll begin right away , then , '' said Bison Billiam . `` We leave at noon . '' He dismounted , and Dolly and he seated themselves side by side , with backs against the cabin , while Charles-Norton gave them an exhibition . He winged off first directly for the crest gleaming high in the distance , making his line straight and swift ; then returned in a perfect curve that spanned the distance like a rainbow . Remaining above the meadow , now , he drew all his fantasies against the sky and finally , rising high till he was a mere dot in the heavens , he shot down like a white thunderbolt and landed at their feet in snowy explosion of extended wings .