four o'clock
Before they left they took care that every ember was extinguished , so that no harm could come to the place where they had made their halt . It was about two o'clock when they resumed their journey , and they moved at an easy pace , with the aim of reaching their camping-ground towards five . That would give them ample time to make their preparations for the night . Until four o'clock the march was quite uneventful , then Chippy had an adventure with a baker 's cart . They were passing through a village whose street was spanned at one end by a railway bridge . Near the bridge stood a cottage lying well back from the road , and as the scouts passed , a baker drove up , and went to the cottage with his basket on his arm . While he was at the door , a train whizzed up and thundered over the bridge , and the horse took fright and dashed away , galloping up behind the two boys .