about four
o'clock
`` We said good-by to Imp and returned to the cart where Tim waited . We sent Tim to the barns with the mule and we went back to the house . `` That was such a busy day that everyone felt weary and glad when the sun showed its slanting rays over the trees . It must have been about four o'clock when sounds of approaching cavalry reached the house . It was the company Newell and his brother had formed a few months before . They had been driven over the mountainside and decided to spend the night in hiding at home . `` The sewing room was filled with neighbors whose boys were members of the company , so you can imagine the joy of seeing them again .