eleven
o'clock
asked Toglet . Ralph looked at watch . `` It is now quarter to ten . We 'll reach the lowest of them by eleven o'clock , and the big ones quarter of an hour or so later . '' On and on up the lake sped the sloop . The villages on the shores had been left far behind , and now nothing but trees and bushes appeared upon either bank . `` Rather lonely , '' observed Martin , as he gazed eagerly about .