eight at night
`` I do not mind the work , mother . Sally is to be a nurse , and I would not be happy could I not do something too . '' And so the spinning-wheel was brought from the attic , and given a prominent place in the living-room . The loom was set up in the large kitchen , and from early morn until eight at night the girl spent the long hours of the day spinning and weaving . Other Whig women also , dismayed by the spirit of frivolity and extravagance that was rife in the city , followed their example , and the hum of the wheel and burr of the loom were heard in every household . `` Thou hast been spinning since five of the clock this morning , Peggy , '' remonstrated Mrs. Owen one afternoon . `` Is thee not tired ?