six o'clock
She did not need Betsey 's ecstatic welcome ; the road was clear and straight before her now . Preparing the little dinner was a triumph ; reducing the kitchen to something like its old order , she found absorbing and exhilarating . `` We 'll bake to-morrow -- we 'll clean that thoroughly to-morrow -- we 'll make out a list of necessities to-morrow , '' said Susan . She insisted upon Philip 's changing his wet shoes for slippers when the boys came home at six o'clock ; she gave little Jim a sisterly kiss . `` Gosh , this is something like ! '' said Jim simply , eyes upon the hot dinner and the orderly kitchen . `` This house has been about the rottenest place ever , for I do n't know how long ! ''