Two o'clock
`` By morning , '' said he , `` there ought to be ducks in Alderson 's pond . Ca n't we do our chores early and get into the blind before daylight , and lay for 'em ? '' `` I heard Canada geese honking overhead last night , '' said I. `` What time last night ? '' `` Two o'clock . '' `` Well , that lets us out on the Alderson 's pond project , '' said he ; `` the boys who hunted there were n't out walking at two . In those days they slept . It ca n't be that we 're the fellows ... .