five o'clock
Elspeth 's money lasted till four o'clock . For Aaron , almost the only man in Thrums who shunned the revels that day , she bought a gingerbread house ; and the miraculous powder which must be taken on a sixpence was to make Blinder see again , but unfortunately he forgot about putting it on the sixpence . And of course there was something for a certain boy . Grizel had completed her purchases by five o'clock , when Tommy was still heavy with threepence halfpenny . They included a fluffy pink shawl , she did not say for whom , but the Painted Lady wore it afterwards , and for herself another doll . `` But that doll 's leg is broken , '' Tommy pointed out . `` That was why I bought it , '' she said warmly , `` I feel so sorry for it , the darling , '' and she carried it carefully so that the poor thing might suffer as little pain as possible .