two o'clock in the afternoon
I wish things were not quite so dull . '' In the big house near by lived Jim 's employer , Mr. Stevens . There matters were livelier , for there were living five healthy , happy children , whose mother scarcely knew the meaning of the word quiet . When it drew near two o'clock in the afternoon they were all begging to be allowed to go to Sunday-school . `` You 'll let me go , wo n't you , ma ? '' cried Jessie , the oldest , and Tommy and Nellie and Johnny and even baby Clara echoed the petition . Mrs. Stevens thought the thing over and decided that Jessie and Tommy might go .