one o'clock
By agreement we rested through the middle of the day , and , in place of our usual hearty dinner , took an early lunch . It was irksome , though , to be quiet when so excited , and when , too , a multitude of pastimes were suggested to our senses by the loveliness of that June day . Mr Clare and Captain Mugford had gone to fish in the Race off the extreme point . When half-past one o'clock came , Harry , who seemed the most impatient , proposed that we should go down to Bath Bay then , and wait there until three , the hour of the race . That we agreed to , but left directions with Clump to hurry our tutors up as soon as they returned , and have them ready for the race . We had time to launch our boat carefully , and take a nice swim , before we descried our tutors , followed by Clump with a long musket , descending the knoll toward us . So we hastened our dressing , and , when they reached the beach , were ready to receive them in our extemporised costume of blue shirts and white trousers .