four o'clock in the afternoon
He suddenly swung Tammy up on his shoulder , and calling , gaily , `` Come awa ' , '' went out the door , through another beside it , and up a flight of stairs to the dining-room above . A fire burned there in the grate , the tables were covered with linen , and there were blooming flowers in pots in the front windows . Patrons from the University , and the well-to-do streets and squares to the south and east , made of this upper room a sort of club in the evenings . At four o'clock in the afternoon there were no guests . `` Noo , '' said Mr. Traill , when his overcome little guests were seated at a table in the inglenook . `` A picnic is whaur ye hae onything ye fancy to eat ; gude things ye wullna be haein ' ilka day , ye mind . '' He rang a call-bell , and a grinning waiter laddie popped up so quickly the lassie caught her breath .