three o'clock
The crockery ware became so hot in the kitchen that when taking it into the dining-room we had to handle it with cloths . During the dinner-hour I slipped away unnoticed to where some quince-trees were growing and procured a sharp rod , which I secreted among the flour-bags in the schoolroom . At half-past one I brought my scholars in and ordered them to their work with a confident air . Things went without a ripple until three o'clock , when the writing lesson began . Jimmy struck his pen on the bottom of the bottle every time he replenished it with ink . `` Jimmy , '' I gently remonstrated , `` do n't jab your pen like that -- it will spoil it . There is no necessity to shove it right to the bottom . ''