seven o'clock
`` I bane asking , but if you do n't want me to ask I bane smart enough to yump in . '' `` All right then ` yump in , ' '' he said , laughing in spite of being in a decidedly bad temper . Josie `` yumped in '' with a will . By the process of selection from what she found in the pantry and refrigerator she concocted a good dinner and had it on the table at seven o'clock . This was something of a feat , because every cooking utensil had to be scoured before she could use it and even the china and silver was not fit to put on the table without a thorough washing . `` My , I wish I had Elizabeth Wright 's mother here ! '' Josie said to herself .