about three o'clock
`` He 's got to stick to Mr. McDonald , and he has n't got a tent in that suitcase , or even a blanket . I do n't suppose he knows where his next meal 's coming from . '' She was probably right , for I saw the crew of the boat packing a box or two of crackers and an old comfort into a box ; and Aggie overheard the detective say to the captain that if he would sell him some fishhooks he would not starve anyhow . Tish found an island that suited her about three o'clock that afternoon , and we disembarked . Mr. McDonald insisted on helping the crew with our stuff , which they piled on a large flat rock ; but the detective stood on the upper deck and scowled down at us . Tish suggested that he was a woman-hater . `` They know so many lawbreaking women , '' she said , `` it 's quite natural . ''