two o'clock
`` So , you did pass the night in a creek , then ? '' asked Jack . `` That 's what we did , '' admitted George , with a shrug of his shoulders . `` Engine began to give trouble before two o'clock , and as we were near the shore we found a convenient creek , where we pushed in ; and I 've been working on that motor pretty much all the time since . '' `` We saw you both go past this morning , '' remarked Nick . `` But George would n't let me give a toot on my horn . All I did was to cook while he worked . ''