five o'clock
Father says people always are helped if they believe enough when they ask . '' She shut her eyes up very tight and repeated earnestly several times : `` I _ do _ believe . I really and truly do believe ; '' and then she said her prayer . After this she felt a little more comfortable and ran out to play with Nancy , firmly believing that before five o'clock something would turn up to her assistance . But Pennie was doomed to disappointment , for five o'clock came without any way out of the difficulty having presented itself . `` I suppose I did n't believe hard enough , '' she said to herself as she made her way sorrowfully upstairs to Ambrose 's room . Just as she thought this the study door opened and her father came out .