noon
I was fearful that it would n't be easy for you to settle down after such a prolonged playday . '' `` Oh , but I shall settle , Aunt Julia , I shall settle , '' promised Genevieve with a merry smile . `` I know I 've got to settle -- but I ca n't say yet I shall like it , '' she finished , as the carriage turned in at the broad driveway , and Nancy and Bridget were seen to be waiting in respectful excitement to welcome them . There would be five days to `` get used to it '' -- as Genevieve expressed it -- before school began ; but long before noon of the first of those five days , Genevieve had planned in her mind enough delightful things to occupy twice that number of days . Immediately after dinner , too , came something quite unexpected in the shape of a call from Cordelia . Cordelia looked worried . `` Genevieve , I 've come to ask a favor , please .