five o'clock
At Jim Cal 's cabin she paused and looked about her uncertainly . Iley had the toothache , and for various reasons was proving a poor audience for her younger sister 's conversation . The day had been a trying one to Huldah 's excited nerves , a sad anti-climax after the explosions of the night before . It was five o'clock . The men were all over at the old place . If she but had an excuse to follow them , now . Why , the whole top of the Bald above Foeman 's Bluff , and the broad shelf below it , were covered with huckleberry bushes !