noon
What do you say , Alec ? '' `` Verra good , '' replied Alec . `` You show the laddies the yard and look over that line , and I 'll take the short line east . We 'll get back here by noon and this afternoon we can show them some other sets . '' To this plan the others agreed with enthusiasm and preparations for an immediate start were begun . `` Shall we take rifles ? '' asked Hal eagerly .