twelve
o'clock
We have our rowboat . '' `` No . We will come for you with the launch , '' answered Billy . As agreed , the boys came out with the launch shortly before twelve o'clock and took the Meadow-Brook party ashore . George , with an apron tied about his neck , was deep in preparations for dinner . Harriet and Jane immediately put on their own aprons , which they had brought along , and went to work , while Hazel and Margery bustled about assisting Larry and Sam in getting the table ready . The boys had arranged rustic seats in place of chairs , and the table , set under the spreading foliage , looked very neat and attractive .