four o'clock
said Macloud , as the buggy disappeared among the trees ; `` and may the police provide for you in future . '' `` And while you 're about it , '' said Croyden , `` you might pray that we find the treasure -- it would be quite as effective . '' He glanced at his watch . `` It 's four o'clock . Now , to resume where those rogues interrupted us . We had the jewels located , somewhere , within a radius of fifty feet . They must be , according to our theory , either on the bank or in the Bay .