About ten o'clock
If we had stir-about , I was favored , but not enough to arouse jealousy : I scraped the pot . If it was `` tay , '' I got a few bits of the crust of Anna 's bread . We called it `` scroof . '' About ten o'clock the preparations for the big dinner began . We had meat once a week . At least it was the plan to have it so often . Of course there were times when the plan did n't work , but when it did Sunday was meat day .