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`` Then give him a quarter of an hour to tell Mr. Hotchkiss the story over the wire ; and after that the Faversham officers would have to come on here . But perhaps they might get a car to bring them along the road . It 's not a first class auto road , but could be navigated I guess . Say by four o'clock they could be at our camp , Smithy . '' The other sighed . `` That means something more than six hours for us to play hide and seek here on the island , does n't it ? '' he remarked ; but Thad saw with relief that Smithy was certainly showing less signs of alarm than he had expected , under the best conditions .