about seven
o'clock
I do n't like the look of the weather , and I should not be surprised if we had a big rain . '' `` You 're right there , boss , '' chimed in Joe . `` I 've been thinking the same . '' After a hasty breakfast , they made a start and reached Dalby about seven o'clock the same evening . On enquiry , Wyck found a train left at eight and , making Abrahams a present of his turn-out , he left by that train , feeling sure he had attracted no notice whatever . Before leaving , he told Joe to wire him any news to `` Grosvenor , Sydney , '' or `` Gaiety , Melbourne , '' under a false name ; and Joe , who had lined his pocket considerably during his acquaintanceship with his chum , promised to keep a sharp look-out . When the girls left the camp , they followed the tracks of the hawker 's waggon , and after a couple of hours ' ride pulled up at a water-hole for breakfast .