noon
`` We found it so , '' agreed Harriet . `` You will get the knack of it soon . When you do , you will find steering it rather easy . '' They reached a cove farther up the lake , shortly after noon . Here the Meadow-Brook Girls decided to anchor , as there was a farmhouse on a bluff a little way inland , where they thought they would be able to get milk , eggs and vegetables . George decided that he would call in the motor boat and return to camp , promising to come over and see them later to get their orders for the following day . Miss Elting and her girls expressed their appreciation of the kindness of Captain Baker and his friends .