nine o'clock
`` There were tracks close up to the post a day or two ago . '' He was anxious to begin their journey , and assisted Pierrot in preparing breakfast . The sound of guns impressed upon him the possibility of some one from Lac Bain calling at the half-breed 's cabin , and he wished to avoid further association with people from the post -- at least for a time . At nine o'clock Pierrot bolted the door and the two set off into the south and west . On the third day they swung to the eastward to strike the Indians living along Reindeer Lake , and on the sixth cut a trail by compass straight for Nelson House . A week later they arrived at the post , and Philip found a letter awaiting him calling him to Prince Albert . In a way the summons was a relief to him .