eight o'clock
But by the time the bannock was done -- and the Indian knew how to cook it -- the three boys had become so hungry that the Indian bread was eaten ravenously . Then the party crept into their sleeping bags at an early hour and passed the night without discomfort . Philip took charge of the camp in the morning and before the boys crept out of their bags he served each of them with a cup of hot tea . When the boys looked outside of their snow tent it seemed hardly dawn and yet it was after eight o'clock . Philip shook his head and announced prospects of bad weather . There was no sun and , although it was no colder than it had been the day before , there was a gloom over all that suggested a storm . Not one of the boys would have suggested it but the Indian did not hesitate to warn them that they should return to the camp at once .