about four o'clock
It is significant that they would have been quite ready to believe him , whatever he had said . But Mr. Warren knew , as his troop did not , of Hervey 's saying that he was n't so stuck on eagles , and he was satisfied from the talk that he had had with him that Hervey 's erratic and fickle nature had asserted itself in the very moment of high responsibility . He could not help liking Hervey , but he would never again allow the cherished hopes of the troop to rest upon such shaky foundation . Whatever lingering hopes the troop might have had of a last minute triumph were rudely dispelled when Hervey came sauntering into camp at about four o'clock twirling his hat on the end of a stick in an annoyingly care-free manner . Tom Slade saw him passing Council Shack intent upon his acrobatic enterprise of tossing the hat into the air and catching it on his head , as if this clownish feat were the chief concern of his young life . `` You going to be on hand at five ? '' Tom queried in his usual off-hand manner .