six at night
It said it wanted a week 's rest , and asked that it might not be disturbed . And it hid its golden gleaming self , and nobody could find it . So that when Wednesday afternoon brought an unexpected holiday , and every one decided to go somewhere on the carpet , the journey had to be undertaken without the Phoenix . They were debarred from any carpet excursions in the evening by a sudden promise to mother , exacted in the agitation of parting , that they would not be out after six at night , except on Saturday , when they were to go to the bazaar , and were pledged to put on their best clothes , to wash themselves to the uttermost , and to clean their nails -- not with scissors , which are scratchy and bad , but with flat-sharpened ends of wooden matches , which do no harm to any one 's nails . ` Let 's go and see the Lamb , ' said Jane . But every one was agreed that if they appeared suddenly in Bournemouth it would frighten mother out of her wits , if not into a fit . So they sat on the carpet , and thought and thought and thought till they almost began to squint .