about two o'clock in the afternoon
He and my father had been boys together . Years and years ago M'Swat 's father had been blacksmith on my father 's station , and the little boys had played together , and , in spite of their then difference in station , had formed a friendship which lived and bore fruit at this hour . I wished that their youthful relations had been inimical , not friendly . We left the pub in Yarnung at nine , and arrived at our destination somewhere about two o'clock in the afternoon . I had waxed quite cheerful , and began to look upon the situation in a sensible light . It was necessary that I should stand up to the guns of life at one time or another , and why not now ? M'Swat 's might not be so bad after all .