half past one
`` Between keeping it from your aunt and from Ted and Father , we 're going to have some tight squeezes , I foresee ! Well , I 'll be back after luncheon and we 'll do a bit of investigating . Good-by ! '' It was between half past one and two , that afternoon , when Phyllis again appeared at Rest Haven -- a very auspicious time , for Miss Marcia was in her room taking her usual long nap and Ted and his father had gone a mile or more down the beach to an inlet to try the fishing there . The two girls had the whole vicinity to themselves . `` What shall we do with Rags ? '' questioned Phyllis .