four o'clock
`` That 's the judgment of Solomon , '' said Wally , who was lying full length on the lawn -- recovering , as Jim unkindly suggested , from dinner . `` Well , come along , '' Jim said impatiently -- `` you 're an awfully hard crowd to get started . We want to reach the falls in fair time , to see the sunlight on them -- it 's awfully pretty . After about three or four o'clock the trees shade the water , and it 's quite ordinary . '' `` Just plain , wet water , '' murmured Wally . Jim rolled him over and over down the sloping lawn , and then fled , pursued by Wally with dishevelled attire and much grass in his mouth . The others followed more steadily , and all four struck across the paddock to the creek .