two in the afternoon
asked Smithy . `` The way he 's drifting now , he 'll surely be at the end of the lake in half an hour ; and given four times as much to make his way round all the coves , would bring him to camp about noon , I reckon . Then , if Giraffe starts out at once , and has fair luck traveling he ought to get to Rockford in two hours , running part of the way , once he strikes the road . '' `` That would mean two in the afternoon , then , Thad ? '' `` About that , if all goes well , '' the other continued , as though mapping out the programme , step by step . `` Then give him a quarter of an hour to tell Mr. Hotchkiss the story over the wire ; and after that the Faversham officers would have to come on here . But perhaps they might get a car to bring them along the road .