eight in the morning
`` I and Hunter , '' said he , `` would have a fair look out around us there , so that no one could get within rifle shot of us without our seeing them , and they wo n't look out for us so early . I do n't think much of Mr. Lax 's courage , but it may be as well to keep a watch when it can be so easily done . '' Then Ada went off to her bed , resolving that the breakfast should be ready , though it was an hour before the boat time . The boat called at the wharf at eight in the morning , and the wharf was three miles distant from the house . She could manage to have breakfast ready at half-past six . `` Ada , my girl , '' said Edith , as they departed together , `` do n't you make a fool of that young man . '' `` What do you mean by that ? ''