eight o'clock
said she , rolling the `` r '' deliciously . `` And you may bring me five , if you please . '' It appeared that I was not the only hungry one . We ate leisurely and smoked more leisurely still , and started on our return journey a little before eight o'clock . It was late in the afternoon when we arrived at the Antlers . The trip was accomplished without accident , but Le Mire was thoroughly exhausted and Harry was anything but fresh . That is the worst of mountain climbing : the exaltation at the summit hardly pays you for the reaction at the foot .