about eight o'clock
Late that afternoon they emerged from the timber and were on the sandy foothills where progress was faster . Ned 's feet bothered him and he was in constant pain , but the adhesive plaster and cotton had been of the greatest help . There was no pause . The first day 's schedule he was determined to make and at about eight o'clock the relief expedition gave a shout . The Chusco lay before them . A little fire , some tea and bouillon -- made in the pan after the tea was consumed -- and the two boys found a bed on the soft sand with no covering but the deep Mexican sky . At dawn they were up and away after a bath in the muddy river .