three o'clock
Guardy said we might buy our own things . He set a limit on our spending , of course ; but he said it would be good experience for us to learn how to buy wisely inside a certain sum . '' Julia Cloud went around like one in a dream with her new tape-measure , setting down careful figures , and feeling like a child playing dolls again . It was almost three o'clock when they finally finished their measurements , and Allison hurried them back to the inn , and repaired to the station to meet trains . Leslie made her aunt lie down on the bed , supposedly for a nap ; but no one could have taken a nap even if he had wanted to -- which Julia Cloud did not -- with an eager , excited girl sitting beside the bed , just fluttering with ideas about couches and pillows and furniture and curtains . `` We 'll have a great deep couch , with air-cushions on the seat and back , and put it in the middle of the living-room facing the fireplace , wo n't we , Cloudy ? And what color do you think would be pretty for the cushions ?