ten o'clock
She told herself fiercely that he did n't care what she thought of him ; they were only partners met by chance on the road , and perhaps never to see each other again after the city was reached . If he had lied to her about his name that was his own business , and she would not admit even to herself that this deception was not the only reason for the strange , hurt feeling about her heart . She rose at dawn , and , creeping down from the clean little room which Mrs. Bemis had given her , she had the stove going and breakfast on the table by the time the little family was awake , and Jim appeared from the barn , where he had slept in the loft . While he worked in the field during the early morning hours , she finished the ironing , and by ten o'clock they were ready once more to start upon their way . Mrs. Bemis insisted upon paying them both for their work , but it was only out of consideration for her pride that Jim would accept fifty cents of the two dollars she offered him . `` I only work for a quarter a time , '' he told her gravely . `` One for yesterday and one for this morning ; my sister can tell you that .