five o'clock
He thought wistfully that if you could know what time it was there , you could imagine what everyone was doing and it would n't seem so far away . Haltingly , he tried to explain . `` Look , Mom , '' he said breathlessly . `` It 's almost five o'clock at home . Douwie will be coming up to the barn to be fed . Gosh , do you suppose old Pete will remember about her ? '' His mother smiled at him reassuringly .