five o'clock
It ai n't long till five o'clock , Herman , and then you 'll just feel fine ! '' Herman was not convinced ; but he found himself at a disadvantage in the argument . The question at issue seemed a vital one to him -- and yet his two opponents evidently considered it of minor importance . Obviously , they felt that the promise for five o'clock had settled the whole matter conclusively ; but to Herman this did not appear to be the fact . However , he helplessly suffered himself to be cajoled back into carpentry , though he was extremely ill at ease and talked a great deal of his misfortune . He shivered and grumbled , and , by his passionate urgings , compelled Penrod to go into the house so many times to see what time it was by the kitchen clock that both his companions almost lost patience with him . `` There ! ''