five o'clock
`` It 's mighty dangerous , miss , fer amachures , like me an ' yer pa ! '' -LSB- Illustration -RSB- -LSB- Illustration -RSB- Mary was not wholly pleased at the prospect of visitors , but she fell to work with Humpy to put the house in order . At five o'clock not one , but three automobiles drove into the yard , filling Humpy with alarm lest at last The Hopper 's sins had overtaken him , and they were all about to be hauled away to spend the rest of their lives in prison . It was not the police , but the young Talbots , with Billie and his grandfathers , on their way to a family celebration at the house of an aunt of Muriel 's . The grandfathers were restored to perfect amity , and were deeply curious now about The Hopper , whom the peace-loving Muriel had cajoled into robbing their houses . `` And you 're only an honest chicken farmer , after all ! ''