three o'clock
Hilda had bowed to Bannon , but without the smile and the nod that he liked . He looked after her as if he would follow ; but he changed his mind , and waited a few minutes . The `` elevator '' was ready soon after the afternoon 's work had commenced . Bannon found time between two and three o'clock to inspect the tackle . He picked up an end of rope and lashed the cross timber down securely . Then he went down the ladders and found Max , who had brought the carpet for the box and was looking over his work . The rope led up to the top of the well through a pulley and then back to the working floor and through another pulley , so that the box could be hoisted from below .