six o’clock
Poor child ! -- but she has got to learn patience and self-control through suffering . However , I 'll keep the matter a secret from everybody at present , and stand between her and my inquisitive brood of youngsters , ' and she slipped the note into her pocket . At six o'clock the members of the family came into camp from various directions , and gathered about the supper-table . All were surprised at Laura 's sudden departure , but no one seemed especially grief-stricken . Dicky announced confidentially to Philip that Laura was a ` norful ' fraid-cat of frogs , ' and Jack ventured the opinion that Miss Laura had n't ` boy ' enough in her for camp-life . ` But where is Polly ? '