half after five
`` Why , Cornelia , have you been sitting there all the time ? How dull for you ! How long have I been asleep ? '' `` It 's half after five , so we must be lively , if I am to get back in time to settle the old ladies , and get ready for dinner . Hustle now ! I 'll help you to shed your own duds , and then pipe up for the transformation ! That tea-gown 's the limit !