five o'clock
'T was a long spell before I could let Esther go forth in the mornin ' till she 'd got me up an ' dressed me , but now she leaves things ready overnight and I get 'em as I want 'em with my light pair o ' tongs , and I feel very able about helpin ' myself to what I once did . Then when Esther returns , all she has to do is to push me out here into the kitchen . Some parts o ' the year Esther stays out all night , them moonlight nights when the dogs are apt to be after the sheep , but she do n't use herself as hard as she once had to . She 's well able to hire somebody , Esther is , but there , you ca n't find no hired man that wants to git up before five o'clock nowadays ; ' t ai n't as ' t was in my time . They 're liable to fall asleep , too , and them moonlight nights she 's so anxious she ca n't sleep , and out she goes . There 's a kind of a fold , she calls it , up there in a sheltered spot , and she sleeps up in a little shed she 's got , -- built it herself for lambin ' time and when the poor foolish creatur 's gets hurt or anything . I 've never seen it , but she says it 's in a lovely spot and always pleasant in any weather .