three
o'clock before
asked Harry , as he laughed . `` Let 's start for home at once , '' remarked George , without noticing Harry 's sarcastic fling at the poor inhabitants . The boys secured a convenient pole , over which they slung the braces of game , and started out on the march for the river . It was fully three o'clock before they were ready to start . `` See here , Harry , there is something we have forgotten , and I begin to feel it now . '' `` What is that ? '' `` Our luncheon . ''