five o'clock
We were told there was a lot of clearing going on up here , so I thought we might both get a job . I did n't want my baby born in the city . '' They talked no more that night , for Mr. Twist said it was bedtime . They slept dreamlessly in their hammocks until five o'clock , when they were wakened by Scot the collie who , planting his forepaws on each window-sill barked furiously until he was answered by a shout from within . The sky was grey and sullen , the hot rain was still falling ; grass seemed to have sprung up from the sun-baked soil in the night and the slant-set leaves of the five gums smiled as they slid big drops on to their roots . The leaves of the wonga-vine that sheltered the rather scanty beds of the food-garden looked riotously alive and green ; nasturtiums and sunflowers sent out by the uncle in England glowed like little gold lamps seen through a fog . Breakfast was a repetition of fried mutton and flapjacks and tea .