eight o'clock until twelve
`` From now on I suppose we wo n't be able to get together as much as we used to , '' said Dave ; `` so while we are together let us make the most of it . '' `` So say we all of us ! '' cried Phil and Roger , gaily . Of course , even with so many visitors to entertain , Dave and Roger could not neglect their studies ; so it was arranged that every day the pair should apply themselves diligently to their books and to what their tutor had to say from eight o'clock until twelve . Then lunch would be had and the young folks could start out to enjoy themselves in one way or another . On one occasion the three boys went hunting with Dunston Porter in the woods back of Crumville . They had a most delightful time , and brought back quite a bagful of rabbits , as well as several squirrels , and also a plump partridge , the bird being brought down by Dave .