eleven o'clock before
For a moment or two , after she spread it out upon the table , she looked at the many pieces to be wrought up into a well-finished whole , and thought of the hours of hard labor it would require to accomplish the task . A feeling of discouragement stole into her heart , and she leaned her head listlessly upon the table . But only a moment or two elapsed before a thought of her children aroused her flagging energies . It was after eleven o'clock before she was fairly at work . The first thing to be done , after laying aside the different portions of the garment in order , was to put in the pockets . This was not accomplished before one o'clock , when she had to leave her work to prepare a meal for herself and little ones . There remained from their supper and breakfast , a small portion of the fish and potatoes .