about two o'clock in
the afternoon
`` Now to find out where Crowley Pelter lives ! '' said Dick . The train carrying the three Rover boys from New York to Philadelphia was rolling into the big , smoky station . It was about two o'clock in the afternoon , and the youths had dined on the train while making the journey . They had left the offices in charge of Bob Marsh , stating that they would most likely be away for the rest of the day . At first Dick and Tom had thought to leave Sam behind , but the latter had insisted on going along . It had been a two hours ' run to the Quaker City .