two o'clock
`` Good ! '' exclaimed Wilde . The proposition was fully discussed , and when a majority favored the movement , the others , among whom was Sanford , yielded an apparently reluctant assent . The Wadstena would start at two o'clock , and there was not a moment to lose . The landlord was astonished at the decision , and his hotel was not filled that night , as he intended it should be . Just as the canal steamer was starting , the young tourists hurried on board , and were soon on their way to Stockholm . Not a quarter of a mile distant at this moment were Peaks and his prisoner , and Blaine , the head steward , who was on the lookout for them .