about eight o'clock in the evening
Then they went at their work again . At half-past three o'clock in the afternoon they tied up in bundles as much of the bark as each boy could carry , then started homeward . `` We ought to get home in time for supper , '' Dick declared hopefully . It was about eight o'clock in the evening when they reached Greg 's gate . The return was harder than they had expected . The road seemed to be twice as rough as it had been in the morning ; they were utterly fagged , and discovered that even a load of birch bark can weigh a good deal under certain circumstances . `` Pile it up in the back of the yard , '' Greg suggested , `` and we 'll take it around to Mr. Driggs in the morning . ''