Noon
Not one but had lost someone dear to him . They scattered with a will when Warren and Ivan told them about the two children , but the boys who had been nearest the Professor 's house , all said that they had not seen the little girls at all . There were no troops moving about that part while the boys were talking and planning , and they were not molested in any way when they scattered and began to search every foot of the neighborhood . Noon found Warren , Ivan , Jack and a couple of others near a wrecked and deserted bakeshop . There was no one to ask and none to object when they scrambled over the heaps of stone and plaster and wood , and tried the doors of the great ovens . Sure enough , there they found , well cooked and safe , a supply of bread and meat and sweets . Warren and Jack were broken-hearted at the absence of the slightest clue to Elinor , but they made a manly effort and managed to eat a good and nourishing meal , because they knew that they must keep up every bit of strength they had .