ten o'clock
There 's a little child dancing out _ that _ door , too ; now he stands poised on one foot , and takes a survey of the yard ; _ unpromising _ , is n't it , dear ? Nothing pretty to look at , is there ? Aunt Fanny is sorry for you ; if she could get you up here she 'd tell you a story . I know very well what _ you _ would tell _ her _ ; that mamma lies in bed asleep -- although it is ten o'clock ; that papa has eaten his breakfast _ alone _ and gone down to the store ; and that Betty and Sally have it all their own way , not only in that slovenly looking yard , but all over the house , -LRB- so long as they do n't trouble your mamma . -RRB- Poor little fellow -- I hope some country cousin will have mercy on you , and introduce you to her cows and hens and chickens and hay and flowers -- yes , and to her brown bread and milk , too , for you look like a little hot-house plant . I wonder who lives over there ? I 'll just look at them through my quizzing glass .