five o'clock
said the girl , in astonishment , `` your good mistress-ship is early , considering our late hours . The Dame is not yet risen . '' `` In good sooth ? '' inquired Margery , looking at the clock , when she found to her surprise that it was barely five o'clock ; and receiving from Joan the information that Dame Lovell had told Cicely overnight that she did not intend to appear until six , she returned to her own room , and , drawing the book from its hiding-place , commenced her task of copying . Margery worked quickly , and had copied nearly a page in the hour . So absorbed was she in her task , that she never heard the door open , and started like a guilty thing when the well-known voice of her mother sounded close by her . `` Eh , Madge !