about eight o'clock in the evening
Is the cavern very long ? '' `` Not more 'n half a mile . It took you a good while to come through though . It was about eight o'clock in the evening when I found you . You see the cavern cuts straight under the hill , and enters the creek again below the bend . To go around by land it 's a good mile and a half . `` In low water both ends of the cavern are high and dry , and you can go all the way through on foot .