noon
Bobby had bad luck -- bad luck or something else -- all the morning . He blotted his copy book ; he had the wrong answer to the example he was sent to work out at the board ; at recess he was so cross to Palmer Davis that that devoted friend slapped him and they had a tussle that ended in both being forced to spend the remainder of the play time sitting quietly at two front desks under Miss Mason 's eye . Altogether Bobby seemed to be in for a bad day . `` Everybody 's so mean , '' he scolded , going off in a corner by himself to eat his lunch at noon . `` I never saw such a lot of horrid folks . '' To add to his unhappiness , Norah had forgotten that he did n't like tuna fish sandwiches and had given him all that kind . Bobby knew that very likely she had packed egg or some other good mixture in Meg 's box and that by merely asking he could trade with his sister .