six o'clock
We were fighting for three quarters of an hour , before you came up . '' `` I am very sorry , '' Mr. Blount replied ; `` somehow or other , we went wrong altogether . There is nothing to guide one in this flat bush , and the tracker who was leading the way said he was certain he was going as you ordered him . Just before six o'clock we halted , and looked in the direction in which we expected to see your smoke , but there were no signs of it . Presently one of the constables exclaimed : '' ` There 's the smoke , sir , right behind us . ' `` I looked around and , sure enough , there was a column of smoke , and a long way off it was . '' ` What have you been doing , you rascal ? '