eight o’clock
One benevolent lady with a flowing gray veil , who wafted a sweet perfume about the room , suggested that Peter might be in need , and pressed a twenty dollar bill into his hand . Peter , thrilled , but also bewildered , got a new sense of the wonders of this thing called `` the movement , '' and decided that when Guffey got thru with him he might turn into a `` Red '' in earnest for a while . Meantime he settled down to make himself comfortable with the Todd sisters . Sadie went off to her work before eight o'clock every morning , and that was before Peter got up ; but Jennie stayed at home , and fixed his breakfast , and opened the door for his visitors , and in general played the hostess for him . She was a confirmed invalid ; twice a week she went off to a doctor to have something done to her spine , and the balance of the time she was supposed to be resting , but Peter very seldom saw her doing this . She was always addressing circulars , or writing letters for the `` cause , '' or going off to sell literature and take up collections at meetings . When she was not so employed , she was arguing with somebody -- frequently with Peter -- trying to make him think as she did .