eight o'clock
`` Never mind the garden , '' said Peter ; `` let 's go down and look at the railway . There might be trains passing . '' `` We can see them from here , '' said Roberta , slowly ; `` let 's sit down a bit . '' So they all sat down on a great flat grey stone that had pushed itself up out of the grass ; it was one of many that lay about on the hillside , and when Mother came out to look for them at eight o'clock , she found them deeply asleep in a contented , sun-warmed bunch . They had made an excellent fire , and had set the kettle on it at about half-past five . So that by eight the fire had been out for some time , the water had all boiled away , and the bottom was burned out of the kettle . Also they had not thought of washing the crockery before they set the table .