two o'clock
I say nothing in condemnation of it , but merely point out that it did not then interest us , as we were not living in that shop just then . Mrs Melvyn must have found favour in the eyes of the specimens of the lords of creation resident at Possum Gully , as all the matrons of the community hastened to call on her , and vied with each other in a display of friendliness and good-nature . They brought presents of poultry , jam , butter , and suchlike . They came at two o'clock and stayed till dark . They inventoried the furniture , gave mother cookery recipes , described minutely the unsurpassable talents of each of their children , and descanted volubly upon the best way of setting turkey hens . On taking their departure they cordially invited us all to return their visits , and begged mother to allow her children to spend a day with theirs . We had been resident in our new quarters nearly a month when my parents received an intimation from the teacher of the public school , two miles distant , to the effect that the law demanded that they should send their children to school .