noon
`` When you girls have prinked enough , '' Mr. Packard said merrily , `` follow the scent of the coffee and you will find the rest of us . '' When the door had closed and the three girls were alone , Jane held out a hand to Meg , saying : `` Will you forgive me for everything , and let me try to be a real friend ? '' An expression of gladness in the mountain girl 's dusky eyes was her most eloquent reply . Directly after breakfast in the dining-room , which seemed to be all windows and where they were served by a silently moving Chinaman , the girls were told that they were to go to their wing and rest until noon . This was in no way a displeasing suggestion and in a very short while Julie and Jane in one room and Meg in the other were deep in slumber . Gerald was also advised to rest , but he declared that he would rather stay awake and see what was going to happen . Dan laughed as he said that Gerald seemed always to believe that an adventure might begin at any moment .