six o'clock in winter
`` Fancy chickens becoming a fad ! '' Mrs. Hofer had paused for breath . `` Poor chickens ! Tell your friends that they will have to get up at all hours of the night , and at six o'clock in winter , and five in summer , and spend a large part of their time in overalls and rubber boots . I fancy that will cure them . '' `` It would ! No more flirtations !