two o'clock
I have put them near the steps close to the entrance . '' As they passed out he requested Harry to bring up the boards from the boat , as well as some ropes and part of the canvas , which was usually carried with them to be used as a means for signaling . The bones were arranged on the boards , and kept separate from each other ; after which the canvas was severed and tied around the two human frames , to keep them in place , and deposited in the boat , after it had been loaded in the wagon . It was now past two o'clock , and none of them felt any hunger until they neared home . The trip had occupied over four hours , and hungry as they were , the reaction , after the stirring events of the day , was so marked that it was difficult to rouse them sufficiently to prepare the meal . Somehow , the work at the factory , the building of the boat , and the care of the stock did not interest them the following day . They went around like people in dreams .