five
o'clock
And yet -- '' `` Oh the maids will take good care of him ! '' consoled the Master . `` They spoil him , whenever they get a chance . And we 'll be back before five o'clock . We ca n't be forever looking out for his crotchety feelings . '' `` We wo n't be ` forever ' doing that , '' prophesied the Mistress , unhappily . Left alone the old dog paced slowly back to his cave .