Six o'clock
However , as she at once proceeded with her dictation , and as I interrupted nothing by doing it , I ventured quietly to stop poor Peepy as he was going out and to take him up to nurse . He looked very much astonished at it and at Ada 's kissing him , but soon fell fast asleep in my arms , sobbing at longer and longer intervals , until he was quiet . I was so occupied with Peepy that I lost the letter in detail , though I derived such a general impression from it of the momentous importance of Africa , and the utter insignificance of all other places and things , that I felt quite ashamed to have thought so little about it . `` Six o'clock ! '' said Mrs. Jellyby . `` And our dinner hour is nominally -LRB- for we dine at all hours -RRB- five ! Caddy , show Miss Clare and Miss Summerson their rooms .