two o'clock
Haste makes waste , you know ; and if I should be in a hurry to eat my dinner we might get aground , or be smashed up on the rocks . '' `` I suppose you are right , Lawry , and I will do the honors of the table for you , '' laughed Mr. Sherwood . The dinner was not only satisfactory , but it was warmly praised ; and Mrs. Light was made as happy as the captain by the enthusiastic encomiums bestowed upon her taste and skill in the culinary art . The _ Woodville _ reached Whitehall at two o'clock , where the party went on shore to spend an hour . While they were absent Lawry and all hands had their dinner , the cabins and the deck were swept , and everything put in order . Quite a number of people visited the little steamer while she lay at the pier ; and a gentleman engaged her to take out a party the next Saturday , with dinner for twenty-four persons . When Mr. Sherwood returned , he had let her for another day .