Half past five
`` All right . What time does the train leave for Gottenburg , Ole ? '' added the coxswain , turning to the interpreter . `` Half past five , '' replied the waif . No one took the trouble to examine the time-table in the station-house , which , though in Swedish , was perfectly intelligible so far as it related to hours and towns . The tourists decided to improve the time they were obliged to wait by taking a walk about the country , examining Swedish houses and investigating Swedish agriculture . Doubtless this was a very interesting amusement ; but at quarter past five , the party returned to the station .