six o'clock
`` What is it ? '' `` I 'll show you in half a minute , '' said Frank , `` All we have got to do is to fool the spies ; then we are all right . '' At this moment several boys , belonging to the blockading squadron , entered the boat-house , bringing their refreshments , and this , of course , put a stop to all further conversation between the smugglers . By six o'clock the last basket of provisions had been brought in , and the coast-guards took their departure , after repeatedly assuring the smugglers that their capture was certain . The provisions had been brought in twenty medium-sized market-baskets , and one large clothes-basket that belonged to George and Harry , and seven pails . There was , also , a small bag filled with lemons , which had been brought by Charles Sheldon . The boys stood for some time looking at them without speaking .