twelve o'clock
`` Even if she 's forgotten all about her dinner , it ca n't be good for her to go so long without eating . Do n't you want to come with me , Amy ? '' Amy , who seemed less concerned than any of the company , blithely accepted the invitation . `` We 'll probably find her with a great armful of ferns and her hat tipped over one ear , and she 'll be perfectly astonished to know that it 's after twelve o'clock . Oh , you do n't know Aunt Abigail as well as I do . '' But though they searched the section of the woods Jerry had designated as the _ habitat _ of the rare fern , and called Aunt Abigail 's name at frequent intervals , there was no answer , nor did they find anything to indicate that there had been an earlier visitor to the locality . Amy 's confidence seemed a little shaken by this discovery and she made no objection to the rapidity of their return to the cottage .