five o'clock
` How long were you ? ' ` When I got to the town the procession was just passing , and I stopped to look at it . And when I saw the men and women sitting upon the cars , I thought they were kings and queens . Well , I went to the circus and saw all that there was to be seen ; and then I looked at the church clock , and found it was five o'clock , for the exhibition had not been till the afternoon . I knew my mother would be home , and I did not like to go back ; I wondered what she would say to me about leaving the children . So I walked round the circus for some time , looking at the gilded cars , which were drawn up in the field . And as I was looking at them , an old man came up to me and began talking to me .