two o'clock
`` You 're a dear , Cousin Edwin , '' exclaimed Judith . `` You are always thinking of other people . '' `` I expect the old doctor will be a good deal knocked up by this little jaunt , '' went on the Professor , not taking the slightest notice of Judith 's expressions of gratitude , the first Molly had ever heard her make about anything . It was half-past two o'clock when they reached Queen 's Cottage , just ten minutes before the others arrived . `` It 's a good thing you found us , '' Molly said to the Professor as he helped them up the steps . `` I believe we 'd have been crawling over those links another hour or so if you had n't . '' `` I can never explain what made me cut across the links , '' he answered .