nine o’clock
The poor man was finally obliged to lock the door to keep them out , and the boys stood about the car until nearly six o'clock , admiring the paintings , and speculating as to whether they would be able to work their way into the circus or not , when it finally came . Their speculations were interrupted by the appearance on the scene of the Widow Sullivan with a good-sized maple switch , which she used to good effect in getting the two Sullivans and Archie Dunn home for supper . For Mrs. Dunn had given Mrs. Sullivan instructions before she started , so that when Archie complained that he had been whipped by `` that woman next door , '' he received no sympathy whatever . And when he went to bed at nine o'clock , he could hardly sleep for thinking of the wonderful things which had happened this day . The coming circus and the great Hut Club kept him awake until far after ten , so that he got up too late for Sunday school the next morning , and was punished accordingly . The next week was a hard one at school , and the boys had but little time to devote to the club . But after four o'clock in the afternoon they sometimes got together and did various things which improved their club-house .