five in the afternoon
At last the great day arrived . It was a Wednesday , and of course I had to go to school as usual . We did not know at what hour my father would come from Paris with Paula , and so every moment I said to myself , `` Perhaps they have arrived ! '' Result -- my lessons went from bad to worse , but at last at five in the afternoon , I reached the house breathless only to find that Paula had not yet come . `` They are not coming ! '' I cried impatiently , `` I knew they would n't be here ! '' `` Then why did you run so fast ? ''