five o'clock
said father importantly , `` it 's a secret ! You 'll have to wait till five o'clock ! '' And he hurried off to his work leaving Mary Jane to a day of wondering what might be coming -- a pleasant sort of wondering , for father 's secrets were always jolly ones . Mary Jane thought that five o'clock would never come -- never ! She looked at the clock and _ looked _ at the clock and she asked mother and Alice to tell her the time so as to be sure she herself was n't mistaken in what the clock said . But finally lunch time was passed , and rest time , and then Mary Jane knew it would n't be very long till five o'clock . `` Now , I 'm going to dress for my secret , '' she said when her rest was finished .