seven o'clock
I guess we 're all going to stay up and see the circus go through town , if it is n't raining , are n't we , fellows ? '' asked Bud . And from the chorus of affirmatives it was evident that few of the troop would be abed when the `` World 's Mightiest , Most Magnificent Combination of Clever Animals and Human Skill and Daring '' rumbled through town . By seven o'clock the rain had stopped entirely and , when the lamp-lighting patrols started out in the gloaming , the storm clouds were fast disappearing in the southwest , their edges splashed with the gold and vermilion fire of the setting sun . Indeed , by the time the second patrol had reported back at headquarters and the third group of night watchers had started out , a big yellow moon had appeared and the stars were twinkling merrily up above . After the last patrol had been gone an hour the Scouts who , when their duties were finished , had gathered in headquarters , moved on to the top of Otter Creek hill . They had decided that this would be the best place to watch the coming of the circus cavalcade .