three o'clock
Perhaps God had to do with them as Peter Junior had done with his mother when he enlisted first and asked her consent afterwards ; just make them girls , and then try to convince them afterwards that it was a fine thing to be a girl . She wished she were Bobby instead of Betty -- but then -- Bobby might not have liked that . She glanced wistfully at the sleeping child and saw him toss his arms about , and knew she ought to be there to sway a green branch over him to keep the little gnats and flies from bothering him and waking him ; and the bees might swarm and no one see them . `` Father , is it three o'clock yet ? '' `` Yes , deary , why ? '' `` Goody ! The bees wo n't swarm now , will they ?