about six o'clock
`` You know , '' protested his wife , `` that this all was to be done to our satisfaction . Mr. Geary said so . That 's the only way I came to take the house . '' `` It 's about six o'clock , though , '' observed her fat sister , who smelt of cooked cabbage . `` Perhaps he 'd want to go home to his dinner . '' But at this both the others cried out in one voice , the burnisher exclaiming : `` I ca n't help _ that _ , this has got to be done first , '' while his wife protested that she could n't naturally stand dirt , adding , `` This all was to be done to our satisfaction , and we ai n't satisfied yet by a long shot . '' Delighted at this excitement , the little boy forgot to eat into his bread and butter , rolling his eyes wildly from one to the other , still silent .