five o'clock
`` Our father gave us the money . He told us the taxes must be paid , but I thought another two weeks would do as well as now . Dan did not know the need of haste . '' Meg , seeing that the girl , unused to deciding matters of importance , was more helpless than even Julie would have been , felt a sudden compassion for her and so she said : `` If you can get the money to the county seat before five o'clock you will not lose your property . '' A dull flush suffused the dark face . `` I -- I have n't the money ! I -- I borrowed it for something I wanted .