About three o'clock
We landed , and walked up the slope far enough for her to see the house and store of the Fishleys . In the cool shade of the swamp we lunched , and enjoyed ourselves to the utmost . My fair companion was an interested listener , and wished to know every particular in regard to the raft , which had been the means of saving her life . About three o'clock we started to return , and the passage was so pleasant that it seemed like a dream of fairy-land . I sat at the after oar , with Emily directly in front of me ; and I am not altogether sure that this circumstance was not the origin of the fairy idea ; at any rate , her presence enhanced the joy of the occasion . All went merry as a marriage bell till we reached a part of the river called the Ford . At this stage of the river the water was not three feet deep ; and , just as we were passing the shoalest part of the Ford , two men leaped into the water , and waded out to the boat .