About three o'clock
As for Mr Inglis , he was busy enough in the farm-yard till dinner-time , for , in the present state of confusion , it was impossible to tell what amount of damage was done , and what had been saved from the flames . Implements and tools were spread about in all directions , and the extent of the ruin almost put him in a state of despair ; but he reflected that the misfortune might have been of a far more serious nature , and then set to work busier than ever . By twelve o'clock the engine had gone back to the town , the fire being completely extinct ; and then there were arrangements to make for the horses , pigs , cows , and poultry , all of which required immediate attention ; for , although Mr Inglis kept a manager or bailiff to attend to his farm , yet , in such a case of emergency as the present , he found plenty to call for his own aid . About three o'clock the boys made their appearance again , well refreshed with the five or six hours ' sleep they had taken ; but the whole place looked so desolate and miserable , that they very soon scampered off into the garden , to amuse themselves with a few strawberries and gooseberries . When they had had enough fruit , they took some into the green-house for the parrot , who made a noise like the smacking of lips upon being shown the strawberries , which she seemed to enjoy wonderfully ; while as for the gooseberries , they were capital amusement , for she picked the seeds out of the pulp one at a time , and then danced up and down as though in ecstasy . But they were soon tired of playing with Poll , and betook themselves to the yard to tease the old raven ; but he was not in a mood to be teased , so showed fight , and pecked viciously at every one who came near him , till at last , feeling that might would eventually overcome right , and the boys prove too much for him , he took to his old place of refuge , the horse-chestnut tree , where he sat and barked and laughed at his late aggressors . They next turned their attention to Dick , who had not had a run since the day when he had his eye cut by the stone thrown by Bill Jenkins 's party .