ten minutes past two
At quarter of two Felicia finished a Jacob 's ladder in a long purple stocking . Babiche was sitting up and begging with her paws crossed . Felicia made her sit down by tapping her head with the thimble . At ten minutes past two Felicia had mended two pairs of short white cotton socks . At twenty-five minutes of three a throaty voice whispered up the stairway , `` Nurse ` phoned she ca n't get back until after four and would I mind giving Mr. Alden his orange juice when he wakes up . It 's in this glass I 'm lifting to you -- '' A moist red hand was thrust through the open space at the bend of the stair casing . `` You give it to him if he is asking before I 'm back .