two o'clock
You only got to watch ` im with them gals in the choir . '' `` If you talk like that I shall leave you , '' she cried angrily ; `` and it 's strawberries , apples are n't in yet , '' she added , as if that were a circumstance in Mr. Hearty 's favour . Mr. Hearty had proved himself to be a man of action . Mrs. Bindle 's glowing account of vast stores of strawberries , to be had almost for the asking , had torn from him a telegram announcing that he would be at the Summer-Camp for Tired Workers soon after two o'clock that , Monday , afternoon . Mrs. Bindle was almost genial at the prospect of seeing her brother-in-law , and earning his thanks for assistance rendered . Conditions at the camp remained unchanged . After the service on the previous day , the bishop had once more disappeared , ostensibly in pursuit of the errant field-kitchen and marquee , promising to return early the following afternoon .