nearly two o'clock
Some little of that idiocy he could , perhaps , retrieve . If he started for the hut at once , he might still be in time to meet them coming down , and accompany them home . He swallowed his coffee , and set off . He knew the way at first , then in woods lost it , recovered the right track again at last , but did not reach the hut till nearly two o'clock . Yes , the party had made the ascent that morning -- they had been seen , been heard jodelling on the top . Gewiss ! Gewiss !