ten o'clock
She did n't know Hippy was in the cellar , so she locked all the doors , the cellar door included , and went on her way rejoicing . Hippy said he pounded and shouted and howled and wailed and pounded some more . Ca n't you imagine just how funny he must have looked ? He could n't climb out of the cellar windows , for they are too small and he is too fat , so he had to stay there until almost ten o'clock . He says he sat on the cellar steps most of the time and thought of the happy past . At last the cook came home and when he heard her walking around upstairs he pounded and shouted again . She thought he was a burglar , just as though a burglar would make all that noise , and was n't going to let him out .