one
o’clock
`` I wanted to have something white on . It 's just like a dress only it has n't sleeves . '' `` Let 's go into the orchard and wait , '' said the Story Girl . `` It 's one o'clock now , so in another hour we 'll know the worst . We 'll leave the front door open , and we 'll hear the big clock when it strikes two . '' No better plan being suggested , we betook ourselves to the orchard , and sat on the boughs of Uncle Alec 's tree because the grass was wet . The world was beautiful and peaceful and green .