about seven o'clock in the evening
`` So will I , '' I remarked . `` If he measures up all right I 'll be half inclined to apologize before I go back to take a gruelling from Captain Newmarch . '' It was Kaipi who stampeded the small ray of charity that had pierced the cluster of suspicions we had collected . The little Fijian performed the trick about seven o'clock in the evening , and it was done in a most effective manner . When we had made camp , Leith had sent Soma on ahead with the ostensible purpose of locating the easiest route to the base of the cliffs , and an hour afterward Kaipi managed to attract my attention , and he indicated by signs that he had information to impart . I seized a chance to help him with the small tent which sheltered the two sisters , and as we tugged at the knots he slipped a small piece of paper into my hand . `` What is it ? ''