four o'clock
`` Mind yer own business , will ye , Josh Strong , '' was Miss Hepsy 's smart rejoinder . `` I guess I 'm able to mind mine . '' Under Miss Hepsy 's directions , Lucy succeeded in washing up the dishes without disaster , and was then requested to come to the far parlour and receive a lesson in sweeping and dusting . Then baking came on , and with one thing and another Miss Hepsy managed to keep the child within doors and on her feet till past four o'clock . She was fainting with fatigue , but would not complain , and Miss Hepsy was too busy to observe the pallor on her face . `` May I sit down for a minute , please ? '' she said at last , after bringing a huge can of flour from the larder .