about eleven o'clock
I suppose she must have washed off Joey 's and Bessie 's face four times before we got started . After the second or third time , Pa takes 'em upstairs and makes 'em lie on the bed until the army is ready to advance . ` I 've heard about machines for washin ' dishes , ' he says , ` but it takes a pair of hands and a lot of soap for washin ' kiddies ' faces , and hands is liable to get tired , so there you stays until Ma 's had a chance to get cleaned up , ' and they stayed . `` Well , we gets to the grounds about eleven o'clock , and all us kids had a lunch in a box , or a bag , or something , and Ma and Pa had two big baskets fuller grub besides . You 'd thought there was enough to last a week . As soon as we gets inside , Pete says he 's hungry , he 's afraid he ca n't walk none unless he has something to eat right away . Pete always lays for the grub , you bet .