one
o'clock
There was some perturbation in her face . She had been worried about the unusual duration of Mary 's absence . Mary had not come back with the market basket which contained the children 's dinner . At one o'clock the four elder ones would be upon her , ravening . What on earth had become of Mary ? The poor woman had not realised how much she depended on Mary , since Mary was always present and always willing to take the burdens off her stepmother 's thin , stooped shoulders on to her own . Now she caught sight of the market-basket .