nearly
four o'clock
He loves to see us frisking about . '' `` Yes , but I ca n't frisk any longer -- I 'm too dull -- I want something to happen , '' repeated Norah , obstinately . `` Other people have parties on New Year 's Day , or a Christmas-tree , or crowds of visitors coming to call . We have been sitting here sewing from ten o'clock this morning -- nasty , uninteresting mending -- which is n't half done yet , though it is nearly four o'clock . And you never think of me ! I 'm fifteen , and I feel it more than either of you . You see it is like this .