about two o'clock
From the hills he saw that the fish-sheds which stood along the village street could only be a camping place for the fishers at the season of work , for all along the inner sides of the hills there were small farm-houses , large enough and fine enough to make good dwellings . The island was less savage than he had supposed . Indignation rose within him that people apparently so well-to-do should let their neighbours die without extending a helping hand . He would have been glad to go and bully some owner of a horse and cart into taking him the last stage of his journey without further delay ; but he did not do this , he only roamed upon the hills enjoying the fair prospect of the sea and the sister isles , and went back to his inn about two o'clock . There he feasted again upon the luxurious provision that the spinsters had been making for the appetite that the new air had given him . He ate roast duck , stuffed with a paste of large island mushrooms , preserved since their season , and tarts of bake-apple berries , and cranberries , and the small dark mokok berry -- three kinds of tart he ate , with fresh cream upon them , and the spinster innkeepers applauded his feat . They stood around and rejoiced at his eating , and again they told him in chorus that he must not go to the other island where the people were sick .