About four o'clock
`` No , but I thought you would , '' said Nan , and with that parting shot , she left the room . It was late in the afternoon before Patty dawdled downstairs . Her shoulders and the back of her neck still ached , but otherwise she felt all right again , and her spirits had risen proportionately . About four o'clock Kenneth called , bringing a mysterious burden , which he carried with great care . He knew of Patty 's scheme , and though he appreciated the nobility of her endeavour , he could not feel very sanguine hopes of her success . `` You 're not cut out for a wage-earner , Patty , '' he had said to her ; `` it 's like a butterfly making bread . '' `` But I do n't want to be a butterfly , '' Patty had pouted .