four o'clock
Noddy soon found the Top Notch Trail when they were again on the way homeward . By riding steadily all morning , they reached the spot where the rattle-snake was waiting for transportation . Anne and the others had experienced so many greater shocks since the killing of the reptile that they felt no qualms about carrying the snake now . When the four riders finally turned in on the Pebbly Pit Trail , it was past four o'clock . They had been going steadily since morning , without food or rest , excepting the hour they had to stop at the falls to give the animals grass and water , and the girls were the sorriest-looking lot as they dragged up the road to the house and stopped at the porch . `` Glory be ! You-all war givin ' Mis ' Brewster fits wid no sign of hide nor hair sence yistermorn ! ''