About six o'clock
There was an air of insincerity about the Japanese which Ned did not like . It seemed to the boy that he was leading the others on -- or trying to lead them on -- in a sinister way . The impression was in the lad 's mind from the moment of his meeting Gostel that the two men , Itto and Gostel , were in the plot for some purpose of their own , a purpose which was not the accumulation of money , and which did not match the motives of the others . About six o'clock Chester arose to his feet . `` I must go back to camp , '' he said . `` But there is a meeting to-night , '' Van Ellis urged . `` An important one , '' Gostel put in .