Five o'clock in the afternoon
And do n't try to house-clean the whole flat just because of Mrs. Dorothy Chase . She is n't worth it . '' He was as good as his word . Five o'clock in the afternoon saw him at home again , helping Sally in every way he could think of . Bob was good help , and she had seldom needed him more than to-day . She went about with flushed cheeks , moving languidly , yet keeping steadily at work with the determination of the young hostess who sees nothing else to do . She had spent the afternoon in the kitchen ; she spent the evening in all those little final tasks which seem so small and yet in the aggregate do weigh heavily , upon the eve of entertaining .