nearly ten o'clock
`` No one ever yet started off on any big jaunt without forgetting something , you know , '' Greg explained . `` Well , let every fellow take a look around and see if he can find anything that we ought to have , and have n't , '' suggested Dick . Six pairs of eyes did some anxious searching . It was nearly ten o'clock on the morning after Christmas . Dick & Co. stood in Miller 's grocery store , having mounted guard over an extensive supply of groceries , meat and personal belongings . What a stack of stuff there was ! Dick and Dave had been delegated to do the buying .