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quarter past six
-- `` Did n't she ever come back at all , not whilst things was in the oven , nor nothin ' ? '' inquired Miss Pendexter , with awe . `` I never see her again till she come beamin ' to the parlor door an ' invited me to walk out to tea , '' said Mrs. Hand . '' ' T was ` most a quarter past six by the clock ; I thought ' t was seven . I 'd thought o ' everything , an ' I 'd counted , an ' I 'd trotted my foot , an ' I 'd looked more 'n twenty times to see if there was any more moth-millers . '' `` I s ` pose you did have a very nice tea ? '' suggested Abby , with interest .