three o'clock
I was just going to ask him fairly what right he had to go to farming with a lot of strange and untried Belgians and refuse to take me in , when I had proved myself a good and faithful comrade and worker for him ever since I could stand on my feet . `` I just want him to answer me that , '' I said to myself , and went to bed in the berth at six-thirty and did n't wake up any more until I was at Louisville at eleven . I had been in New York two weeks , and I needed sleep . The interval between that time and three o'clock , which was the hour that I stood before mother and her latest rose-crocheted mat , I spent in strengthening and fortifying my position . `` Why , Betty ! '' said mother , keeping the place open in the magazine she was crocheting from , but kissing me so tenderly that I knew she suspected something had happened to me . `` I came home because I had to , and I 'll tell you about it just as soon as I come back from out at Sam 's , where I have to go as fast as I can on business , '' I said , as I hurried out to Eph for Redwheels and up to my room for my corduroys and middy blouse .