five in the morning
The next day we went to school in the morning and to the mill in the afternoon . When we were thirteen we left school altogether , and worked twelve hours a day in the mill . In the evenings we had to do housework . In fact , all our housework was done before half-past five in the morning and after half-past six in the evening . We had to work just as hard as the men and boys in the mill . We got a great deal less money and a great deal less decent treatment ; but to make up we had to slave in the early morning and late at night , while the men either snored or smoked . I was all right .