nine
o'clock
In despair at the thought of not being able to plant all the land under cultivation , he was overjoyed to hear that a farmer by the name of Hornby , who lived twenty miles or more to the south , had a new and desirable variety which he was trying to exchange for cows with young calves by their sides . A calf was selected from their diminished herd , its mother tied behind the wagon which held it , and Lizzie taken along to assist in driving . The journey , though begun in early morning , was a tedious one , for the cow fretted , the day was hot , and the footsore and weary child was worn out long before the Hornby place was reached . It was after nine o'clock when they did arrive , the last five miles having been made with the added burden of a horse which seemed not at all well . Mr. Farnshaw would not even go into the house to eat supper , but asked the farmer to see that Lizzie was put to bed at once , while he remained with the sick horse . The best team had been chosen for this trip , in spite of the near approach of foaling time for one of the mares , because the other horses were too reduced by lack of food to drive so far . After eating a bowl of bread and milk the tired child was taken to her room by Mrs. Hornby , and in spite of the ruffled curtains which adorned the windows and the other evidences of taste and refinement about her , she was soon fast asleep .