one o'clock
The heat seemed to be frying in the air . It was a day of all others on which to keep quiet and calm . But this was the day on which the waiters of the Homestead House had chosen to go out on strike for an increase of wages which Mrs. Pell was not empowered to give them . They threw down their aprons just before the dinner hour at one o'clock . `` Never mind , mother , '' said Roy . `` Rex and I will pitch in and help . '' And they did , they and Eva and Jess .