two o'clock
`` It would n't do to get the government all steamed up over nothing . Besides , unless we could prove it , we 'd be laying ourselves open to a charge of slander . Well , let 's go see if Mom can scrape up a sandwich , and then get going for Seaford . '' It was not yet two o'clock when Cap'n Mike greeted the boys as they tied up at the old windmill pier . `` Mighty glad you 're here . Boys , we 've got to really buckle down to business . '' `` What happened ? ''