noon
_ to the Northland ! _ skoal ! _ '' ended the poem , that her dream ended , and she roused herself to find the callers gone and luncheon on the table . Mrs. Gray was wont to say that they always had a meal at noon and a meal at night ; and when her husband was at home , the first was called lunch and the second dinner , and when he was away the first was called dinner and the second supper ; and that the principal difference between them was that at one there was soup and at the other there was not . Candace did not particularly care what the meal was called . Under any name she was glad of it , for sea-air and a morning drive had made her very hungry ; and this time she was on her guard , watched carefully what others did , and made no serious blunders . `` What are you girls going to do this afternoon ? ''