eight O'clock
`` Wall , there 's Constable Hannon . He is all right to trace a thing when you tell him where it is , but Tom Hannon hates to think . '' Ben raised the lantern above his head and then , as if satisfied that the signaling was all finished , he placed the lantern on a hook that hung over the edge of the dock . `` Oh , Cora , '' put in Bess , `` it is almost eight O'clock . We must hurry along . '' `` I know , Bess dear , but I had to find out all this man knew . Now I am satisfied to start for the other end of the lake . ''