five o'clock
But no better success followed , as soon as the full strain came upon it , the rope burst asunder in a new place . After this they went around the other side of the island and tried there . Each attempt consumed an hour or more , but time is nothing in the North . At five o'clock , after the failure of the fourth attempt , Captain Jack threw up his hands , and turned the _ Aurora 's _ nose down-stream . The little boat , which had sulked and hung back in the rapids all day , picked up her heels , and hustled down with the current , like a wilful child that obtains its own way at last . Garth , in dismay , hastened to Captain Jack . `` Where are we going ? ''