about five
o'clock
`` It 's a strange thing that one day you get too much and another day too little . To-morrow there will be no Bauermann 's and most likely dinner will be boiled mutton and tapioca pudding . '' The afternoon passed rather slowly . Hugh might be back about five o'clock , and they were too anxious to hear how he had got on to be able to settle down to any occupation . They played croquet until all their tempers were hopelessly lost , even Prudence accusing Mollie of cheating . As if a Guide ever cheated under any circumstances whatsoever ! After each girl in turn had thrown down her mallet and declared that she would n't play , Dick swiftly defeated Jerry , the party recovered its tempers , and they were sitting down to play `` I met a One-horned Lady always Genteel '' when the garden-gate clicked and Hugh appeared .