one o'clock
Then , slowly , she rose and began to put away the dresses . `` There just is n't anything to be glad about , that I can see , '' she said aloud ; `` unless -- it 's to be glad when the duty 's done ! '' Whereupon she laughed suddenly . At half-past one o'clock Timothy drove Miss Polly and her niece to the four or five principal dry goods stores , which were about half a mile from the homestead . Fitting Pollyanna with a new wardrobe proved to be more or less of an exciting experience for all concerned . Miss Polly came out of it with the feeling of limp relaxation that one might have at finding oneself at last on solid earth after a perilous walk across the very thin crust of a volcano . The various clerks who had waited upon the pair came out of it with very red faces , and enough amusing stories of Pollyanna to keep their friends in gales of laughter the rest of the week .