About eleven
o'clock
More than likely your unc -- I mean the folks down in Crumville -- are doing all they can to get to the bottom of the matter . Most likely they are investigating the proofs that Ward Porton said he was willing to present . '' On the following morning there was something of a surprise . About eleven o'clock , while some of the lads were fishing , and Dave had Jessie out in a canoe , there came a shout from up the brook , and looking in that direction our hero saw Phil approaching , with his uncle beside him , leaning on the youth 's shoulder . `` Hello , Mr. Lawrence 's ankle must have got better quickly ! '' cried Dave . `` And is that the so-called wild man ? ''