About five o'clock
He 's a lonely body , and he 'll probably be tired . He works very hard . '' Mary Alice promised , and went happily to work on the new sleeves which were to give her arms and shoulders something of an exquisite outline , in keeping with the fairy way of doing her hair , which Godmother had taught her to admire in a beautiful marble in the Metropolitan Museum . About five o'clock , when Godmother 's neat little maid had just lighted the lamps in the pretty drawing-room and replenished the open fire which was one of the great compensations for the many drawbacks of living in an old-fashioned house , the gentleman Godmother had expected called . Mary Alice went in to see him , and explained who she was . He said he had heard about her and was glad to make her acquaintance . He seemed quite tired , and Mary Alice asked him if he had been working hard that day .