six o'clock in the morning
Then Jennifer got a second puff and blew on it so carefully that she was able to say , `` Seven o'clock and supper-time ! '' And then all the girls hastened to get clocks of their own , and make their favorite time o'day . `` When I ca n't make it come right , '' confided little Joan to Martin , `` I pull them off and say six o'clock in the morning . '' `` It 's a very good way , '' agreed Martin , `` and six o'clock in the morning is a very good hour , except for lazy lie-abeds . Is n't it ? '' `` Nancy always looked for me at six of a summer morning , '' said little Joan . `` Yes , '' said Martin , `` milkmaids must always turn their cows in before the dew 's dry .