six o'clock
Since we 're neighbors we 'll be neighborly and friendly like ; and before yer know hit , yer 'll be snug and comfortable hin your hown rooms , and yer can be jist as ` appy bin 'em has hever yer vas him yer life . Bein ' poor and ` aving to vork hai n't the vorst troubles in the vorld . '' The good woman 's stout , cheery spirit and homely faith were just the tonics that Mildred needed , and they were all the more effective because combined with the exhilarating tea and wholesome food . Therefore instead of a weary and depressing day , in which body and spirit acted and reacted on each other until the evening brought shadows deeper than the night , her courage and cheerfulness grew with the hours of sustained and healthful toil , and when her father appeared at six o'clock her smile warmed his heart . At the cost of no slight effort he had so reduced his doses of morphia that neither she nor any one could have detected anything unnatural in his manner . He praised their work unstintedly , and thanked Mrs. Wheaton for her kindness with such warm Southern frankness that her eyes grew moist with gratification . Indeed the rooms had grown so clean and wholesome that Mr. Jocelyn said that they looked homelike already .