about ten minutes past six
Time enough for the gripes when she got the sack ! She could hear no sound at all from the room above . Was Toby not home yet ? He used to get home about ten minutes past six , as a rule . It was now a quarter-past . If she did not hear him she would go and meet May , and then call in to tell Mrs. Perce all about the news , and then come home after her mother had gone to bed . She had her tea , turning up her nose at it , and all the time wishing for something better .