seven o'clock
Everyone was eager to get started , anxious to find out what would be the outcome of the dispute with the gold diggers . `` We do n't know in what direction they 're going to move , while they do know our route , '' said Tad . `` So it will be an easy matter for Darwood to watch us as long as he wants to keep us in sight . '' At seven o'clock that morning Professor Zepplin gave the word to `` mush . '' This morning the Professor was extremely silent , but there was a grim look to the corners of his mouth . Exciting experiences lay before them all . The boys felt it in the very air about them .