six o'clock
They would certainly have come had they known we were there , but we had no accommodations for them , neither had we any desire for even transient visitors . Besides , we both thought that we would prefer that our ex-boarder and his wife should not know that we were encamped on that little peninsula . We set to work to pack up and get ready for moving , but the afternoon passed away without bringing old John . Between five and six o'clock along came his oldest boy , with a bucket of water . `` I 'm to go back after the milk , '' he said . `` Hold up ! '' I cried .