noon
`` I 'm going to cut Latin this afternoon and find out , '' said Betty vigorously . `` If Miss Sharpe asks for me , you do n't know where I am ; she never does anything but give you double lines to translate . '' Betty knew that Ada had a study period , which she usually spent in her room , directly after lunch . Directly after she left the dining room that noon Betty sped away to the foot of the hill . There were several stubby bushes about half-filled with wind-blown leaves and old rubbish and affording an excellent screen . Betty crouched down behind one of these . She had not long to wait .