ten o'clock
More and more frequently John Pendleton `` dropped in '' with his stories of Jimmy , and of what Jimmy was doing ; and always here there was mention of Mrs. Carew . Poor Pollyanna wondered , indeed , sometimes , if John Pendleton could not talk of anything -- but Mrs. Carew and Jimmy , so constantly was one or the other of those names on his lips . There were Sadie Dean 's letters , too , and they told of Jimmy , and of what he was doing to help Mrs. Carew . Even Jamie , who wrote occasionally , had his mite to add , for he wrote one evening : `` It 's ten o'clock . I 'm sitting here alone waiting for Mrs. Carew to come home . She and Pendleton have been to one of their usual socials down to the Home . '' From Jimmy himself Pollyanna heard very rarely ; and for that she told herself mournfully that she COULD be GLAD .