noon
`` Learning to be ! '' Between discussions and not making hills , Claire cleaned the spark plugs as they accumulated carbon from the surplus oil -- or she pretended to help Milt clean them . The plugs were always very hot , and when you were unscrewing the jacket from the core , you always burned your hand , and wished you could swear ... and sometimes you could . After noon , when they had left the Park and entered Gardiner , Milt announced , `` I 've got to stick around a while . The key in my steering-gear seems to be worn . May have to put in a new one . Get the stuff at a garage here .