about three o'clock
Is it really four o'clock ? '' Patty had just noticed the time , and was aghast ! Two solid hours she had worked , and only a small portion of one piece was done ! She had n't dreamed the time had flown so , and thought it about three o'clock . Slightly disheartened at this discovery , she went back to work . At first , the silks went smoothly enough , then hurry and close application brought on the fidgets again . Before five o'clock , she had to turn on the electric lights , and then , to her dismay , the tints of the silks changed , and she could n't tell yellow from pink ; or green from gray .