three o'clock
After that they all stretched themselves out on the grass that bordered the sidewalk , for all the children were tired out , and baby John was both sleepy and cross . Even Patsy Ann drowsed and finally dropped into the deep slumber of childhood . They looked too peaceful and serene for passers-by to bother them , and so they slept and slept . It was past three o'clock when the little guardian awakened with a start , and shook her charges into activity . John wept a little at first , but after a while took up his journey bravely with the rest . She had just turned into a side street , discouraged and bewildered , when the round face of a coloured woman standing in the doorway of a whitewashed cottage caught her eye and attention . Once more she paused and consulted her watery oracle , then turned to encounter the gaze of the round-faced woman .