three in the afternoon
As they walked slowly back toward the camp , Charlie saw Schoverling pause amid the bushes , fling out his arm as if talking to some one , and point toward the shore . At one place he called Bakari and two of the warriors , whose appearance and disappearance caused a flutter in the group of Arabs . Selim , meanwhile , had mounted a camel and was approaching the shore . It was only three in the afternoon , and the stately Arab , clad in pure white from head to foot , gleamed in the sunshine , to the admiration of the boys . He drove his ungainly steed into the water and they splashed across . Schoverling , returning , met them at the shore of the island , and led the camel forward to the camp . Selim cast quick glances to right and left , but the gate-post hole and the treasure were hid beneath canvas and behind the grazing horses -- a touch of Jack 's .