six o’clock in the evening
`` We 'll now look for a favorable stopping-place , '' said he . `` Ah ! '' replied Kennedy , `` you have made up your mind , then , at last ? '' `` Yes , I have for a long time been thinking over a plan which we 'll try to put into execution ; it is only six o'clock in the evening , and we shall have time enough . Throw out your anchors , Joe ! '' Joe immediately obeyed , and the two anchors dangled below the balloon . `` I see large forests ahead of us , '' said the doctor ; `` we are going to sweep along their tops , and we shall grapple to some tree , for nothing would make me think of passing the night below , on the ground . ''