three o'clock
Scouts must learn how to meet every possible condition that can rise up . That 's a big part of the fun , once you 've begun to play the game . '' Billy seemed to be much impressed by this cheering intelligence ; and even Horace smiled again , having recovered from his little panic . It was almost three o'clock when the signal was given for a start . They took it slowly , and in the next two hours had probably covered little more than two miles . They were still loitering along the road that skirted the foot of the Big Bear Mountain . `` As we have some extra cooking to do to-night , boys , '' the scout master told them , `` we had better pull up here where we can get fine water .