about three
o'clock
`` He sure will be surprised . '' The walk was longer than they had thought , and when noon came they still had some distance to go . As they were hungry they sought out a fisherman 's cottage , where , for a small sum , they had a fine meal . Starting out again , they turned an intervening point of land about three o'clock , and then came in view of a lighthouse , located on a pile of rocks , not far from the high-water mark . `` That 's the place , '' said Blake , in a low voice . `` Yes , '' agreed Joe . `` It looks comfortable and homelike , too . ''