six o'clock
`` And if that is so , what 's the matter with our striking inland a short distance and cutting off some of the walk ? '' `` I 'm willing -- anything to reach Firefly Lake before it gets too dark to see . '' Having rested themselves , the boys commenced to draw away from the river shore , taking to the woods , where the walking was easier . It was now close to six o'clock , and the sun was going down over the trees to the westward . `` Hope they have supper ready by the time we get there , '' said Whopper after a period of silence . `` This transit is making me as hungry as a bear . '' `` Same here .