eight o'clock
`` It 's ' _ Paddle your own canoe ! _ '' she cried . Thus , laughing and joking , they followed the road back to the dam and embarked in the launch with all speed , for the sun was already sinking beneath the treetops and they had a two-hour ride ahead of them . Mrs. Evans took Hinpoha back in the machine and delivered her to her aunt safe and sound at eight o'clock , with many expressions of pleasure at the fun she had had with the Camp Fire Girls , which were intended as seeds to be planted in Aunt Phoebe 's mind . `` I think your mother 's a perfect dear , '' said Sahwah to Gladys on the trip home . `` I used to be frightened to death of her , because she always looked so straight-laced and proper , but she is n't like that at all . She 's a regular Camp Fire Girl ! ''