ten o'clock
Walking round and round in ever larger circles , he constantly varied his praises and his jokes . But the melons were their own best advertisement . All who bought them pronounced them delicious ; and frequently they bought one or two more to prove to their friends how good they were . At ten o'clock we still had a good many melons ; but toward noon business became very brisk , and at one o'clock only six melons were left . In honor of this crop we rechristened the old haymaker the `` cantaloupe coaxer . '' There was so much to do at the old farm that we rarely found time to play games . But we had a croquet set that Theodora , Ellen and their girl neighbor , Catherine Edwards , occasionally carried out to a little wicketed court just east of the apple house in the rear of the farm buildings .