nearly
six o’clock
`` Will there be any elephants ? '' `` Is there goin ' to be a parade ? '' and `` Will there be any trapeze performances ? '' The poor man was finally obliged to lock the door to keep them out , and the boys stood about the car until nearly six o'clock , admiring the paintings , and speculating as to whether they would be able to work their way into the circus or not , when it finally came . Their speculations were interrupted by the appearance on the scene of the Widow Sullivan with a good-sized maple switch , which she used to good effect in getting the two Sullivans and Archie Dunn home for supper . For Mrs. Dunn had given Mrs. Sullivan instructions before she started , so that when Archie complained that he had been whipped by `` that woman next door , '' he received no sympathy whatever . And when he went to bed at nine o'clock , he could hardly sleep for thinking of the wonderful things which had happened this day .