five o'clock
Save it for to-morrow , Mrs. Jellybag . Only cook the beef-steak and vegetables ; and make a poor man 's pudding , with raisins , for dessert ; that will do nicely . ' So the fat cook put the fat goose carefully away in the refrigerator ; then she shelled enough peas for a small dish , and peeled about a dozen potatoes , and prepared the raisins for the pudding , and had them all nicely done in time . `` When five o'clock came , the bell rang for dinner , and Edith 's mother went down , and took her seat at the table . `` Just then she heard a whole chorus of merry little voices , and to her great surprise , in marched Edith , and seven little girls after her ! They were all nearly of the same size , with their hair braided in two tails apiece , as fine as you please . '' ` Why , Edith !! '