about four o’clock
The great fresh open , after the stupefying warmth indoors , made them behave like wild things . They laughed and shouted , and said they never wanted to go home again . Could n't we settle down and live in Russian Peter 's house , Yulka asked , and could n't I go to town and buy things for us to keep house with ? All the way to Russian Peter 's we were extravagantly happy , but when we turned back -- it must have been about four o'clock -- the east wind grew stronger and began to howl ; the sun lost its heartening power and the sky became grey and sombre . I took off my long woollen comforter and wound it around Yulka 's throat . She got so cold that we made her hide her head under the buffalo robe . Antonia and I sat erect , but I held the reins clumsily , and my eyes were blinded by the wind a good deal of the time .