five o'clock
And she looked at me affectionately for a long time , for her son 's sake , smiling through her tears , and then put me back . Need I say that as these two knelt together that night , their only son was not forgotten in their prayers ? So ended the first day of my adventures . Very early next morning , when my hands scarcely pointed to five o'clock , the little household was astir . There was a noise of hurried going and coming , and of trunks being carried down stairs , and for the first time I heard mingled with the sedate voices of my master and his wife , another voice , cheery and musical , which I at once guessed to belong to my future lord and master . It was not till after this bustle had been going on for a good while that I was taken out of the drawer and put back into the pocket in which I had spent so many anxious hours the day before . But here I was destined not to remain long , as will be seen .