about seven o'clock
Morning was no time for story-telling . The rooms had to be swept , the bread to be baked , the clothes to be washed , the pigs and chickens to be fed . Moreover , to-day was the first day of the Michaelmas fair , and things must be bought in to last till Christmas . The active work was finished by about seven o'clock . Dinner was now got ready . It consisted of two bowls of broth , then boiled dumplings , and lastly some stewed giblets . Having made things tidy , our friends now tied on woollen hoods , and each taking down from the rafter-hooks a capacious basket , they went forth to do their shopping .