seven o'clock in the morning
asked Sanford , when they had been riding about two hours . `` O , the road do n't go near the lake , till we get to the place where we cross , '' replied Ole , who was carrying out in good faith the arrangement he had made with the cashier . `` How shall we cross the lake ? '' `` In a steamer which goes at seven o'clock in the morning . '' `` All right , '' replied the unsuspecting Sanford . `` We shall come to a large town at noon ; and we mus n't stop a minute there , or those fellows will find where they are . We can tell them it is Kongsberg , you know , '' added the wily waif .