noon
Oh , girls , I hope we can go to a dance of two on our tour . '' `` Some are planned for us , '' said Mollie . They kept on , enjoying the ride to the utmost . Just before noon they got a puncture , and voted not to attend to it until after lunch , which they ate near a road-side spring , under a great oak tree . And then the Fates were kind to them . For , as they were laboriously jacking up the car to take off the tire , a lone chauffeur , in a big car , came along and kindly offered to do the work for them . The girls gladly accepted , and watched him carefully , for though they had once or twice before changed a shoe , they were not skillful at it .