six o'clock
I 'll wager he does n't undertake that sort of venture ! Surely it 's a yarn ! '' `` You lose your bet , '' cried the irrepressible Fort William lad . `` A runner came in at six o'clock and reported that the Hudson 's Bay brigade from Lachine would pass here before midnight . They 're sooners , they are , are the H. B. C 's . , '' and the clerk enjoyed the sensation of rolling a big oath from his boyish lips . `` Eric Hamilton passing within a stone 's throw of the fort ! ''