about three o’clock
Mrs Barnett was indeed most anxious to tell the Lieutenant of all that had happened during the night of the storm , when the wandering island had neared the American continent , but she urged Kalumah to keep her adventures secret , and to say nothing about the situation of the island . She would naturally be supposed to have come along the coast , in fulfilment of the promise she had made to visit her friends in the fine season . Her arrival would tend only to strengthen the belief of the colonists that no changes had taken place in the country around Cape Bathurst , and to set at rest the doubts any of them might have entertained . It was about three o'clock when Madge and Mrs Barnett , with Kalumah hanging on her arm , set out towards the east , and before five o'clock in the afternoon they all arrived at the postern of the fort . CHAPTER X . THE KAMTCHATKA CURRENT . We can readily imagine the reception given to Kalumah by all at the fort .