three o’clock
The letters were duly written and Mr. Stebbins , upon the receipt of his , redoubled his efforts , and did succeed in permanently settling with the cook , the arm being eventually saved . Aunt Mary regarded the sum as much higher than necessary , but still pleasantly less than that demanded of her , and so life in general moved quietly on until Easter . But Easter is always a period of more or less commotion in the time of youth and leads to various hilarious outbreaks . Jack 's Easter took him to town for a `` little time , '' and the `` little time '' ended in the station-house at three o'clock on Sunday morning . Accusation : Producing concussion of the brain on a cab driver . The news was conveyed to Aunt Mary through private advices from Mr. Stebbins -LRB- who had been hastily summoned to the city for purposes of bail -RRB- ; she was very angry indeed , this time -- primarily at the indignity done her flesh and blood by arresting it . Then , as she re-read the lawyer 's letter , other reflections crowded to the fore in her mind .