the hour of five
`` Ah . Then Mr. Barber 's your uncle , eh ? '' `` He ai n't no relation , '' declared Johnnie , proudly . The clock alarm announced the hour of five . Johnnie fed the fire and put the supper over . Still the man stayed . Once he got up and walked about , stared into the blackness of Big Tom 's bedroom , and held the lamp so that he might have a look at Cis 's closet .