Six o'clock
He did not , indeed , see much of Ruth that night ; but in one moment of privacy she said to Tom : `` Do you want to make an early morning excursion -- before Lazybones Helen is roused from her rosy slumbers ? '' `` Bet you ! '' was Tom 's boyish reply . `` Six o'clock , then , at the dock . If you are there first rouse out Willie , the boatman , and offer him a five dollar bill from me to take us through the islands in the _ Gem _ . That 's his boat . '' `` I 'll find him to-night and make sure , '' said Tom promptly .