Two o'clock
`` If we go up one way to meet him he will come down the other , '' said Uncle Bob . `` There 's nothing for it but to wait till morning or divide , and one of us go up one side while the other two go up the other . '' Uncle Jack snapped his watch-case down after examining the face by the pale light of the moon . `` Two o'clock , '' he said , throwing himself on the loose shale . `` Ten minutes ago , when we were in doubt , I felt as if I could go on for hours with the search . Now I know that poor old Dick is alive I ca n't walk another yard . '' I had slipped and scrambled down to him now , and Uncle Bob turned to me .