two o'clock
`` We shall probably remain there one day . '' `` I have an invitation to visit Monsieur Rogier , the chief minister of the King of Belgium , and should like to accept it , '' added Mr. Hamblin , who thought it would be well for the principal to know this fact before he thought much of the difficulty between himself and the captain . `` You will have ample time , '' answered Mr. Lowington , as he stepped over the side into the boat . At two o'clock all hands embarked in a ferry-boat , which conveyed them to the Tête de Flandre , opposite Antwerp , where the Ghent railway station is located . By the good offices of the governor of Antwerp , a special train had been procured for their accommodation , and the carriages were to be at the disposal of the principal for the entire round of the Belgian cities . By this arrangement , the tourists were enabled to make the tour in the brief space allotted to it . They were to spend a day in the capital , but only one or two hours in each of the other places .