three o'clock
As for Tim Bunker , he did not show his face in Rippleton again , but made his way to Boston , where he shipped in a vessel bound for the East Indies ; and everybody in town was glad to get rid of him . Thus ended the famous `` camping out '' of the Rovers . It was a very pleasant and romantic thing to think about ; but the reality was sufficient to effect a radical cure , and convince them that `` yellow-covered books '' did not tell the truth . At three o'clock the boys reassembled , and the crews were organized and officers selected . By a unanimous vote , Frank Sedley was chosen commodore of the fleet . The next morning the Butterfly was repaired , and the squadron made its first voyage round the lake . But as the rest of the week was occupied in drilling , and the maneuvers were necessarily imperfect , I pass over the time till the August vacation , when the fleet made a grand excursion up Rippleton River .