four o'clock
Peggy perceived that Claire 's consternation was real , and sternly checked her friend . `` Amy Lassell , put that camera away , and get to work . It will be time enough to take pictures when this house is fit to sleep in . '' By four o'clock at least a superficial order had been secured . The fresh breezes blowing from the windows on all sides , had aided the efforts of the girl housekeepers in banishing dust and mustiness , and they were ready to wait another day for the luxury of clean windows . By this time , too , most of the girls were frankly sleepy , for the prospect of an early start had interfered seriously with the night 's rest of some of them , and the freshly aired , newly made beds presented an irresistible temptation . The indefatigable Peggy however , emerging from the wash-bowl as glowing as a rose , scorned the suggestion of a nap .