noon
`` I shall go to Hamilton with you , '' said Eleanor , decidedly . `` Will you be able to wait a little while , Mr. Rogers , while we get ready ? '' `` Surely , ma'am , '' said Rogers . `` We want to get the train that goes down from the station here at noon , and that gives us lots of time . If we start two hours from now we 'll catch it , with time to spare . '' `` Then if you 'll sit down and make yourself comfortable , '' she said , `` we 'll be ready when it 's time to start . '' As soon as Rogers had taken himself off , Eleanor called the girls together in her own tent .