six o'clock
Between the rapids they shot swiftly down the current , but the river was so broken that they made no great progress that night . Northern summer nights are short , and soon after two o'clock the sky began to lighten . By three o'clock the boys could see well , and they went on faster , shooting all except the worst stretches of rough water . Shortly after six o'clock they came out from the Smoke River into the Missanabie . `` Stop for breakfast ? '' asked Mac . `` Not here , '' said Horace .