eight o'clock
He did as much as he could toward getting supper , and when it grew dark and still they did not return , he clambered up on the cabin roof again and sat there gazing off into the night . But still they did not come . `` Gee , I 'm a Silver Fox , anyway , '' he said ; `` you 'd think he 'd want one of his own patrol with him _ sometimes _ -- gee ! '' He rose and went down into the cabin where the dollar watch which hung on a nail told him that it was eight o'clock . Then it occurred to him that it would serve them right if he got his own supper and was in his bunk and asleep when they returned . It would be a sort of revenge on them . He would show them , at least , that he could get along very well by himself , and by way of doing so he would make some rice cakes .