three o'clock in the afternoon
I said to myself . ` I can let these little vexations and misunderstandings pass unnoticed ; they are like the breezes on the surface of a lake . If I dwell below , I shall enjoy the calm . ' The next day was Sunday , and at three o'clock in the afternoon I found myself waiting in the vestry for my scholars . They were not long after me . First Roddy , with a shining face and a large bunch of asters from his mother 's garden , which he presented to me with great pride ; then two little girls in huge sun-bonnets , and very brown arms and legs , named Hetty and Polly Tyke ; a very heavy , sleepy-looking boy about four years old , sucking a large piece of sugar-candy ; and lastly Jim Carter and a big girl about his own age , whom he held by the hand . ` We thought you 'd like if Kitty was to come ; she 's blind , you see , and has never been to no Sunday School , because no one will take charge of her ; they runs off after a time , and then she comes to grief , she do ! '