three o'clock
`` I hope it was n't quite wasted , '' said Jessie , cheerfully . `` I shall work ever so much quicker for the rest I have had . '' And she was as good as her word , and spent an hour in her pleasant embroidery of the pretty white letters of the name which she really delighted in doing , only she would have liked a fresh pattern instead of making all the seventy-two Ninas exactly alike . She was at work before half-past six the next day , and had three more letters done before it was time to go to Miss Lee 's , where it was a busy day of finishing work ; and when at three o'clock the last stitch was put to the dress that had been made out of Mrs. Drew 's cambric , Miss Lee asked Jessie to carry it home , suspecting that the walk would be good for her . It was rather hot , but Jessie did enjoy the lanes , with their flowery banks , and the sweet smells of the hay , and she felt much brightened and refreshed . When she came near the house , she saw some one sitting in a basket-chair in the porch , and knew that it was Miss Needwood , a poor , sickly orphan relation of Mrs. Drew 's , who was always trying situations as nursery governess , or reader , or the like , and leaving them because her health would not serve ; and then she had no home to go to but Chalk-pit Farm . She was not so much above the Hollises as the farmer 's own family , and was always friendly with them .