five o'clock
The fellow had gone to his quarters , to fetch some implement , nearly an hour before . When another half-hour had gone by , Anthony , in some impatience , dispatched Blake for the tool . Twenty minutes later the latter returned , chisel in hand , but with no news of his mate . When it was five o'clock and there was still no sign of Stokes , Anthony struck work and ordered an organized search . It seemed rather hopeless , but , on the whole , the best thing to do . The man was missing . If possible , more zealous than any , it was unthinkable that he was playing truant .