about three o'clock
By midafternoon all that was possible in the way of settling their man had been accomplished , even to a pile of firewood sufficient to last him two weeks . MacDonald contributed that after one brief exhibition of Thompson 's axemanship . Short of remaining on the spot like a pair of swarthy guardian angels there was no further help they could give him , and their solicitude did not run to that beneficent extreme . And so about three o'clock Mike Breyette surveyed the orderly cabin , the pile of chopped wood , and the venison drying in the sun , and said briskly : `` Well , M'sieu Thompson , Ah theenk we go show you hon Lone Moose village now . Dere 's one w ` ite man Ah don ' know ` tall . But der 's breed familee call Lachlan , eef she 's not move ` way somew ` ere . Dat familee she 's talk Henglish , and ver ' fond of preacher .