five o'clock
It really is n't so very much for four of us . We could do it in one half the time , by working smart , and have the rest of the time to play in . '' Gram had left corresponding work for the girls , indoors , besides cooking , getting the three daily meals and caring for the dairy . We set to work that afternoon and pulled the weeds , finishing this task before five o'clock . Ellen had found time to make a brief call on Kate Edwards ; and at supper , she informed us that Tom had invited us all to come to his `` fort , '' that evening . `` He is going to have a fire there and roast some of his early Pine Knot corn , '' continued Ellen . `` He says he has got a whole basketful of ears , all nice in the milk and ready to roast . ''