nine o'clock
Aurora , interested in a book , refused to be tempted by the other girls , and stated her intention of remaining in camp with Aunt Betty , Ephraim and Len . With a bundle of sandwiches and their tackle , the fishing party got away from camp in the early morning , planning to spend the better part of the day in enticing the denizens of the deep to nibble at their flies . Then the return to camp could be made in the cool of the evening between sundown and dark . By nine o'clock they were seated on the bank of the stream , poles in hand , and lines cast far out into the stream . At first the girls kept up an incessant chatter , in spite of the warning from Jim and Gerald that if they did not stop they would scare the fish away . `` Nonsense ! '' cried Molly , laughing aloud at the warning .