a quarter past seven
She took hold of Moppet without any observation , and shook him just about as hard as she could shake . When she came to her senses her mother was coming in at the gate , and Halcombe Dike was gone . * * * * * `` I s ` pose I 've got to ` tend to that hollering to-night , '' said Moppet , with a gentle sigh . This was at a quarter past seven . Nate and Methuselah were in bed . The baby was asleep . Moppet had thrown his shoes into the water-pitcher but twice , and run down stairs in his nightgown only four times that evening ; and Sharley felt encouraged .