two o'clock
He hunted out a hamper and packed it with cups and saucers , a methylated spirit-lamp , and other picnic requisites . On his way to the quay he stopped at the confectioner 's and bought cakes and fancy biscuits . He placed these comestibles inside the hamper , and stowed it away in the locker of _ The Kittiwake _ . At two o'clock he was out of the harbour , and was off in the direction of Gurgan Point . Mavis and Merle and Cousin Nora , bearing baskets in which to place shells , had a pleasant walk along the cliffs , and descended the path to the trysting-place . They found Bevis waiting for them in the cove . He had moored _ The Kittiwake _ to a buoy , and now led the way over the sands to a sort of little peninsula that jutted out into the sea .