about eight o'clock
Clara 's marriage with Olaf Ericson was Johanna 's particular triumph . She was inordinately proud of Olaf 's position , and she found a sufficiently exciting career in managing Clara 's house , in keeping it above the criticism of the Ericsons , in pampering Olaf to keep him from finding fault with his wife , and in concealing from every one Clara 's domestic infelicities . While Clara slept of a morning , Johanna Vavrika was bustling about , seeing that Olaf and the men had their breakfast , and that the cleaning or the butter-making or the washing was properly begun by the two girls in the kitchen . Then , at about eight o'clock , she would take Clara 's coffee up to her , and chat with her while she drank it , telling her what was going on in the house . Old Mrs. Ericson frequently said that her daughter-in-law would not know what day of the week it was if Johanna did not tell her every morning . Mrs. Ericson despised and pitied Johanna , but did not wholly dislike her . The one thing she hated in her daughter-in-law above everything else was the way in which Clara could come it over people .