two o'clock
`` We 'll give the horses a chance to eat while we 're selling the melons , '' I remarked , as much for Frank 's benefit as anything else , for he had turned his head , and was watching us with reproachful interest , as we sat at our meal . He must have thought us very selfish . Lunch over , we climbed back into the wagon again , after re-packing the basket . Guard also signified his willingness to ride , now , and we went on , much refreshed by the brief stop and the needed lunch which had hardly lost its consolatory effect when , between one and two o'clock , we drew up before the door of the cook 's tent , on the eastern bank of the great water-storage reservoir . The cook was busy , but signified , after a hasty inspection , that our load was all right . `` Better take it in , '' he added , nodding toward one of the three men who were lounging about in the vicinity . I suppose that this friendly young gentleman must have been the commissary clerk , or something of that sort .