eleven o'clock
` A few fish will help us along in style . Only we must n't poach . ' ` No , no , ' said Chippy ; ` we 'll play fair . ' By eleven o'clock the boys had made , with occasional halts , just about eight miles , and both had the knot out of their neckties . Dick had seen an old cottage woman labouring at her well , and had lent her a hand with the heavy bucket , and drawn all the water she would want for the day , while Chippy had sprung forward to hold the pony of a lady who was visiting a sick woman in a cottage near by . In connection with Chippy 's good turn , a discussion arose between the two scouts as they marched on from the hamlet where these things had happened . The lady had offered Chippy sixpence , and , of course , he had refused it .