One o'clock
Packs one and two , when opened , revealed bundles of numbered pieces of tough , thin flexible steel and packages of thick water-proofed canvas . Under the captain 's skilled direction , the steel was quickly framed together , the canvas stretched over it , and in a short time two canvas canoes were floating lightly at their painters at the end of the point . All had been too engrossed in their labors to note the passage of time until the captain snapped open his old-fashioned silver watch . `` One o'clock , '' he exclaimed in surprise . Charley and Walter looked at each other apprehensively . `` What can be keeping Chris ? '' Walter cried .