three o'clock
Knitting delighted not me , nor stitching either . Lessons and work over , the day began for me in joyful earnest . The rest of the morning and all the evening were mine to use , or abuse , as I liked . We applied `` evening '' to the hours between the three o'clock dinner and bedtime . We may have caught the phrase from our Bible readings . The morning and the evening were the day . Early in the fall I had begged permission from my mother to utilize a deserted chicken-house as a play-room .