four o'clock
Bluff even managed to fill another kettle with the honey , though stung unmercifully by the angry bees that were so busily working to transfer their stores to a new home . After a bite of lunch they started out again on the gulf , since the conditions invited an afternoon cruise . Frank knew they would find a good holding place not more than twenty miles further along the shore , and he aimed to reach it before the coming of night . It was just four o'clock when they pushed in behind another key and made their way to the mainland , for here the water was quite deep . `` I move for a camp ashore , for a change , '' suggested Jerry . `` Second that motion . My back 's nearly broken from these hard boards , '' grunted Bluff .