about noon
`` Well , if you behave as well as you look , I wo n't be ashamed of you . '' Patty gazed critically at Nan , and then added , `` Though your nose does seem to turn up more than it used to . '' Whereupon Nan threw a sofa-pillow at her , which Patty caught and stuffed behind her own curly head . The Saturday of their departure was a beautiful , bright day , and it was about noon when Patty and Lady Hamilton , accompanied by the latter 's maid , took the train from Victoria Station . It was a long ride to their destination in Kent , and not an especially interesting one , but Patty , in the companionship of her dear friend , was entirely happy . They chatted gaily as the train rolled from one English town to another . At Robertsbridge they had to change to a funny little railroad , which had the strangest cars Patty had ever seen .