seven o'clock
The girl sat down on a boulder and seemed to be listening , but there was nothing to indicate the presence of any of the party . Except for the murmur of the river and the sighing among the pine-sprays high overhead , the Bush was very still , but it seemed to Nasmyth that there was more wind than there had been . `` I suppose we had better go back to them , '' observed the girl . The manner in which she spoke conveyed the impression that she would have been more or less contented to stay where she was with him ; but next moment she added : `` After all , they have the lunch with them , and it must have been seven o'clock when we breakfasted . '' `` Yes , '' said Nasmyth , `` I think it was . Still , until this minute I had quite forgotten it . '' `` I certainly had n't , '' said Violet Hamilton .