one o'clock
`` But it is rather a long way off . The steamer touches there from here . '' `` Too far to go before lunch , '' Mrs. Irving said . The party spent the rest of the time until one o'clock visiting the wharf and roaming the country in the immediate vicinity of the pretty bungalow . True to her promise , Betty turned out at the appointed time a panful of the most appetizing biscuits , and let it be said here that the boys did them full justice -- to say nothing of the girls . It was well on toward three o'clock before the girls had changed their morning middies and skirts for dainty afternoon dresses , and had made all other necessary preparations for a trip to town . Mrs. Irving declined to go , saying she wished to write letters .