nearly six o'clock
She suggested that Missy take a nap , also . Missy did n't think she was sleepy , but , desiring to be alone with her bewildered thoughts , she went upstairs and lay down . The better to think things over , she closed her eyes ; and when she opened them to her amazement there was Aunt Isabel standing beside the bed -- a radiant vision in pink organdy this time -- and saying : `` Wake up , sleepy-head ! It 's nearly six o'clock ! '' Aunt Isabel , her vivacious self once more , with gentle fingers -LRB- Oh , hard not to love Aunt Isabel ! -RRB- helped Missy get dressed for supper . It was still so hot that , at supper , everyone drank a lot of ice-tea and ate a lot of ice-cream .