ten o'clock before
But she was not quite idle , none-the-less . Junior had to have his morning bath , after breakfast , and while he was in the tub , his mother washed six bottles in the hand-basin . Then , on a tiltish alcohol stove , Nancy had to boil his barley for twenty endless minutes . When the stove upset there was an additional half-hour 's hard work , but even when it did not , it was usually ten o'clock before she went down to the kitchen for his two quarts of milk . Then came the usual careful work with the `` ouncer , '' and the six filled bottles were put into Nancy 's own small ice-box , to which one of the maids was then supposed to bring a small piece of ice . The left-over milk was taken back to the kitchen , and Nancy washed the little saucepan in her hand-basin , and put away stove and barley . By this time Junior was ready for another bottle , and when he went to sleep his mother went down to the laundry with an arm-full of small garments .