five o'clock
In vain did the widow that morning repeatedly invoke Meg and Jane , first one and then the other , to assist in her commercial labours . In vain were Sally and Kate commissioned to bring them down . If , on some urgent behest , one of them darted down to mix a dandy of punch , or weigh a pound of sugar , when the widow was imperatively employed elsewhere , she was upstairs again , before her mother could look about her ; and , at last , Mrs Kelly was obliged to content herself with the reflection that girls would be girls , and that it was `` nathural and right they should n't wish to lave Anty alone the first morning , and she sthrange to the place . '' At five o'clock , the widow , as was her custom , went up to her dinner ; and Meg was then obliged to come down and mind the shop , till her sister , having dined , should come down and relieve guard . She had only just ensconced herself behind the counter , when who should walk into the shop but Barry Lynch . Had Meg seen an ogre , or the enemy of all mankind himself , she could not , at the moment , have been more frightened ; and she stood staring at him , as if the sudden loss of the power of motion alone prevented her from running away . `` I want to see Mrs Kelly , '' said Barry ; `` d'ye hear ?