four o'clock
Conceive that an appointment with the dentist implies heavenly joy instead of infernal pain , and you will have a notion of the daily state of Mrs Blackshaw and Emmie -LRB- the nurse -RRB- with regard to the baby 's bath . Even at ten in the morning Emmie would be keeping an eye on the kitchen fire , lest the cook might let it out . And shortly after noon Mrs Blackshaw would be keeping an eye on the thermometer in the bedroom where the bath occurred . From four o'clock onwards the clocks in the house were spied on and overlooked like suspected persons ; but they were used to that , because the baby had his sterilized milk every two hours . I have at length allowed you to penetrate the secret of his sex . And so at five o'clock precisely the august and exciting ceremony began in the best bedroom . A bright fire was burning -LRB- the month being December -RRB- , and the carefully-shaded electric lights were also burning .