three o'clock
` Yes , there is , ' said Willie ; ` it 'll show him what we can do . He thinks it nonsense , because he does n't know how hard we mean to work , and how steadily we 'll keep on at it . It 'll be such fun when he sees we can do a great deal more than he thinks ! ' Honorius allowed himself to be convinced by this reasoning , and went with Willie and Seymour to the desert to work away till it got near three o'clock , at which time he had to return to school . Johnnie worked steadily at Cæsar till he heard his father go out , and then went up-stairs softly and tapped at his mother 's door . Her ` come in ' was glad and eager , and a soft pink colour flushed into her cheeks when she saw it was really Johnnie . This good mother , so just and tender to all her sons , kept a special corner of her heart for the merry scapegrace who excelled the family cat in a talent for unintentional mischief , and almost equalled that luckless animal in a facility for getting into universal disgrace .