three o'clock
`` So do I , '' she laughed now , her eyes expressive of a most fascinating wickedness , a daredeviltry born of the knowledge that the proximity of outsiders made her safe . Tommy says that girls often take this unfair advantage of a fellow . Then Monsieur , believing the time for explanations should be up , came toward us . At three o'clock our cavalcade started across the prairie for Efaw Kotee 's settlement . Tommy and Monsieur were keen to see it , and especially was the latter keyed up to ransack the place for proofs and information . Smilax led , keeping away from the graves . Doloria had made no reference to casualties , accepting them as an unfortunate necessity , and only once asked about the old chief 's fate .