five o'clock
She could n't take her protégé home ; even less could she desert him . She sat down by the roadside to consider the matter -- to consider various other matters , as well . Even with Patricias there comes the moment of reckoning . Aunt Julia had said that the next time she evaded sewing-lesson she must go to bed at five o'clock . Patricia stretched out her tired little legs ; at the present moment that particular form of punishment did not appear very unendurable . Just now , however , it seemed doubtful if she would be at home by five o'clock . Also , Daddy had said that the next time she broke bounds in this way he should be obliged to punish her .