ten o'clock
Old Tilly 's wheel slid up abreast of Kent 's and proceeded sociably . `` Esau Whalley 's farm ` happens next , ' and then old Uncle Rod King 's next , '' Old Tilly said calmly . `` I guess we better wait till we get out o ' this neck o ' woods before we settle down to making believe ! '' But three wheels driven by three pairs of sturdy , well-muscled legs get over miles swiftly , and by ten o'clock the boys had turned down an unfamiliar road and were on the way to things that happened . Before noon knightly deeds were at their hand . Jot himself discovered the first one . He vaulted from his bicycle suddenly , as they were bowling past a little gray house set in weeds , and the others , looking back , saw him carrying a dripping pail of water along the path to the kitchen doorsteps .