eleven
o'clock
We have n't done justice to the intellectual powers of the rabbit . '' The foreman blinked but the remark penetrated and he burst into a loud guffaw . That a child should be picked up in the road and carried away was startling enough but that nothing was to be done about it was so egregious that words failed to do justice to it . It was only eleven o'clock and he told Archie that he might spend an hour at the woodpile , even guiding him to that unromantic spot and initiating him into the uses of saw and ax . Three days in the harvest field brought Archie to a new respect for his daily bread . He found joy in the discovery that he had strength to throw into the scale against man 's necessities . He was taking a holiday from life itself ; and he was content to bide his time until the vacation ended .