six o'clock in the evening
The sunshine streamed into the hollow ; the wind was cut off ; and not far away a crystal stream came splashing down a ravine . `` There 's a creek at the top of the inlet , '' Vane told them , as he and Carroll thrust out the canoe , `` and we 're going to look for a trout . You can stroll about or rest in the sun for a couple of hours , and if the wind drops after supper we 'll make a start again . '' They paddled away , with a fishing-rod and a gun in the canoe , and it was toward six o'clock in the evening when they came back with a few trout . Vane made a fire of resinous wood , and Carroll and Kitty prepared a bountiful supper . When it was finished , Carroll carried the plates away to the stream ; Mrs. Marvin and the little girl followed him ; and Vane and Kitty were left beside the fire . She sat on a log of driftwood , and he lay on the warm shingle with his pipe in his hand .