ten o'clock
Clinton had been told of his fourth bright birthday , and the gladness of life budded on his heart , and bloomed on his face . Fanny unfolded the graces of childhood as you have seen water-lilies unfold leaf after leaf . Fabens tore himself away from his lambs at seven in the morning , and taking his luncheon in a basket , he proceeded to a distant clearing to work till night . At ten o'clock Clinton was presented a new coat and trowsers , which his mother had just finished , and he bounded about as proudly as a young deer with his first pair of antlers . Nothing would do but he must trip away to the clearing and show them to his father . It would be something of a venture to permit him ; but he had been there several times with his father , and knew the way , and he was allowed to go . A kiss to sweet mother , and a kiss to Fanny were given , and one left for grandmother when she returned with her basket of green corn for dinner , and away he glided , and Julia looked after and smiled on his glee , little suspecting what might spring up and harm him on the path .