noon
`` Now what is the next thing to do ? '' `` If we had only brought something to eat , '' sighed Grace . `` And our chocolate outfit ! '' for they carried one , with a small alcohol stove , that they might make a hot drink when they stopped at noon for luncheon . `` No use crying over missing chocolate , '' said Mollie . `` We 're here , under shelter , anyhow ; and we can keep dry . Now if we can find anyone at home we 'll beg their hospitality for the night .