about seven o'clock in the morning
Acting upon Terry 's advice , Jim now stepped into the shop and purchased two revolvers and a packet of ammunition for them , paying about forty pesos of their money for the weapons . Once outside the shop , the two lads slipped round a corner , loaded the pistols , and slipped them into their hip-pockets . Having done this , they started out once more on their tour of exploration , feeling much more secure than they had previously done . It was by this time about seven o'clock in the morning ; and as the Government Offices would not be open until nine or ten o'clock they had still fully two hours to fill up before they could present themselves for enlistment in the Chilian service . Therefore , feeling somewhat hungry , they strolled up and down the streets , on the look-out for some cafe or eating-house where they might refresh the inner man ; and , after about a quarter of an hour 's search , they found a place in a side-street which promised to afford what they required . As they were about to enter , Douglas seized his friend 's arm and remarked -- `` I say , Terry , I do n't know how it strikes you , but this looks to me to be a very curious sort of place , and the surroundings do not appear precisely what you might call select . Do n't you think we had better go on a little farther and see whether we can not find a more respectable - looking place ? ''