about four in the morning
IT was early afternoon at Craig Ronald . Afternoon is quite a different time from morning at a farm . Afternoon is slack-water in the duties of the house , at least for the womenfolk -- except in hay and harvest , when it is full flood tide all the time , night and day . But when we consider that the life of a farm town begins about four in the morning , it will be readily seen that afternoon comes far on in the day indeed for such as have tasted the freshness of the morning . In the morning , Winsome had seen that every part of her farm machinery was going upon well-oiled wheels . She had consulted her honorary factor , who , though a middle-aged man and a bachelor of long and honourable standing , enrolled himself openly and avowedly in the army of Winsome 's admirers . He used to ask every day what additions had been made to the list of her conquests , and took much interest in the details of her costume .