Five o'clock
Judith , like most clever little girls , was extremely sensitive to public opinion , and she almost dropped her dumb-bells in an agony of shame and humiliation as she saw the coldness of Nancy 's eyes faithfully repeated in all the eyes about her . Alas , poor Judith ! `` Teacher 's pet , '' terrible phrase , was whispered as the class filed out , and when Nancy and Josephine rushed down to the tuck shop for an ice-cream cone they affected not to see Judith , who at first followed disconsolately , and then fled to her room , where , with head buried under the pillows , she sobbed herself into a misery of self-pity and supposed homesickness . Five o'clock bell rang . Horrors ! She had forgotten that Aunt Nell was to be here at five o'clock to take her out for dinner . Aunt Nell would be cross at being kept waiting .