3 p.m.
The incident caused much talk for a few days , but we soon forgot all about it ; and the man with the bear-skin cap passed from our minds . Church service was to be held at our selection . It was the first occasion , in fact , that the Gospel had come to disturb the contentedly irreligious mind of our neighbourhood . Service was to open at 3 p.m. ; at break-of-day we had begun to get ready . Nothing but bustle and hurry . Buttons to be sewn on Dave 's shirt ; Dad 's pants -- washed the night before and left on the clothes-line all night to bleach -- lost ; Little Bill 's to be patched up generally ; Mother trotting out to the clothes-line every minute to see if Joe 's coat was dry . And , what was unusual , Dave , the easy-going , took a notion to spruce himself up .