sunrise, noon
`` We ought to get to Kesterton -- Mr. Wallis said so , '' answered Rumple , who had charge of the provisions , and was at that moment sitting upon the grub box , which had been thoughtfully filled for the start by Mr. Wallis . `` I do n't mind where we get to by night -- no , I mean sundown , for that is what Australians say -- but I do hope it will soon be time to open the grub box , for I am getting most fearfully hungry , and I expect the horse is hungry too , '' said Ducky , who was in high feather this morning , and full of the oddest little jokes , with quips and cranks of all sorts . She had kept up a fire of small jokes with Don and Billykins ever since the start , for she was wildly excited because she was going to see her father , who of course could not possibly know her until he was told who she was . `` You can have food now , and I know there are some lovely sandwiches on the top of the box , for I saw the woman at the shop pack them into their place above those tins of tongue , '' said Nealie ; `` but I have had strict orders to feed Rocky only at sunrise , noon , and sundown , and the noon meal is to be a slight one , and I am going to obey orders . '' `` How shall we get the horse and wagon back from Hammerville to Sydney ? Will it have to be put on the rail ? '' asked Rumple , who had not heard , or else had forgotten , the final instructions which had been given to his sister .