two o'clock in the afternoon
I 'll be there at twelve o'clock with the new man , and we 'll go through the stores and spare gear together . If everything is right , I 'll pay your sixty pounds -- if not , I 'll deduct for whatever is short . Good morning . '' At two o'clock in the afternoon Captain Tom Lester landed at Circular Quay with his effects and sixty sovereigns in his pocket . Leaving his baggage at an hotel he took a cab , drove to a quiet little street in the suburb of Darling Point , and stopped at a quaint , old-fashioned cottage surrounded by a garden . The door was opened by a tall , handsome girl of about twenty-two . `` Tom ! ''