about four o'clock in the afternoon
TEDDY was all alone , for his mother had been up with him so much the night before that at about four o'clock in the afternoon she said that she was going to lie down for a little while . The room where Teddy lay was very pleasant , with two big windows , and the furniture covered with gay old-fashioned India calico . His mother had set a glass of milk on the table beside his bed , and left the stair door ajar so that he could call Hannah , the cook , if he wanted anything , and then she had gone over to her own room . The little boy had always enjoyed being ill , for then he was read aloud to and had lemonade , but this had been a real illness , and though he was better now , the doctor still would not let him have anything but milk and gruel .