five o'clock
Then Joan , refreshed and comforted , planned a wholesome afternoon and evening . `` I 'll go out and get a really sensible dinner ; take a walk in the Park , and come home and practise . Monday will be here before I know it . '' Joan carried out her programme , and it was five o'clock when she returned , at peace with the whole world . She took off her pretty street gown and slipped into a thin , airy little dress and comfortable sandals . The sandals made her think of her dancing ; she always wore them unless she danced shoeless . `` And before I go to bed , '' she promised her gay little self , `` I 'll have a dance to prove that nothing can down me -- for long !