about six o'clock
He has had a good deal of trial , and the thunder of trouble has soured the milk of human kindness . When he gets criticising Dr. Butterfield 's sermons and books , I have sometimes to pretend that I hear somebody at the front door , so that I can go out in the hall and have an uproarious laugh without being indecorous . It is one of the great amusements of my life to have on opposite sides of my tea-table Dr. Butterfield and Mr. Givemfits . But we have many others who come to our tea-table : Miss Smiley , who often runs in about six o'clock . All sweetness is Miss Smiley . She seems to like everybody , and everybody seems to like her . Also Miss Stinger , sharp as a hornet , prides herself on saying things that cut ; dislikes men ; can not bear the sight of a pair of boots ; loathes a shaving apparatus ; thinks Eve would have shown better capacity for housekeeping if she had , the first time she used her broom , swept Adam out of Paradise .