six o'clock
Now who would have thought that girl could dance as she did ? By this time I was in such a solution of grief that I would soon have had to be sopped up with a sponge if Pet had n't run in all bubbling over . Happiness has a habit of not even acknowledging the presence of grief , and Pet did n't seem to see our red noses , crushed draperies and generally damp atmosphere . `` Molly , '' she said with a deliciously young giggle , `` Tom says you are to send him two guineas to spend getting the brass band to polish up before the six o'clock train , by which your Mr. Bennett comes . He has spent a guinea already to induce them to clean up their uniforms , and it cost him five pounds to bail the cornettist out of gaol for roost robbing . He says I am to tell you that , as this is your festivity , you ought at least to pay the piper . Hurry up , he 's waiting for me , and here 's the kiss he told me to put on your left ear ! ''