four o'clock before
They ate with their fingers , in just the way little boys sometimes wish to do and must n't , when they are at the table . Daddy told stories of camping and hunting as they sat by the fire . Time passed very quickly . It was four o'clock before they knew it . `` All aboard , '' cried Mr. Ray , and in a very few minutes the lunch things were packed up and they were in the boat . At first the sails filled and the boat moved swiftly on . But suddenly the sky grew dark .