About three o'clock
John slept pretty well , in spite of heat and mosquitoes , but Elsie hardly closed her eyes . Once she got up and went to the window , but the blue paper shade had become unfastened , and rattled down upon her head with a sudden bump , which startled her very much . She could find no pins in the dark , so she left it hanging ; whereupon it rustled and flapped through the rest of the night , and did its share toward keeping her awake . About three o'clock she fell into a doze ; and it seemed only a minute after that before she waked up to find bright sunshine in the room , and half a dozen roosters crowing and calling under the windows . Her head ached violently . She longed to stay in bed , but was afraid it would be thought impolite , so she dressed and went down with Johnnie ; but she looked so pale and ate so little breakfast that Mrs. Worrett was quite troubled , and said she had better not try to go out , but just lie on the lounge in the best room , and amuse herself with a book . The lounge in the best room was covered with slippery purple chintz .