About five o'clock
`` It 's fortunate you were just going , '' said Gypsy . `` I 'll just fill my pail , and then I 'll come along and very likely overtake you . '' Probably Joy did n't fancy this arrangement any too well , but she remembered that it was her own plan to take the child ; therefore she said nothing , and she and Winnie started off forlornly enough . About five o'clock Gypsy walked slowly up the yard with her pail full of nuts , her hat in her hand , and a gay wreath of maple-leaves on her head . With her bright cheeks and twinkling eyes , and the broad leaves casting their gorgeous shadows of crimson and gold upon her forehead , she made a pretty picture -- almost too pretty to scold . Tom met her at the door . Tom was very proud of Gypsy , and you could see in his eyes just then what he thought of her .