quarter past five
`` Oh , do n't fret , '' said her mother , good-naturedly , now that the lesson was over ; `` I guess you 'll git along . I would n't mind if folks would only say , ` Oh , childern will be childern ; ' but they wo n't . They 'll say , ` Land o ' Goodness , who fetched them childern up ? ' -- It 's quarter past five , 'n' yer can go now : -- remember ` bout the hats , -- do n't all talk ter once , -- Susan , lend yer han ` k ` chief ter Peory , -- Peter , do n't keep screwin ' yer scarf-pin , -- Cornelius , hold yer head up straight , -- Sarah Maud , do n't take yer eyes off o ' Larry , 'n' Larry you keep holt o ' Sarah Maud 'n' do jest as she says , -- 'n' whatever you do , all of yer , never forget for one second that yer mother was a McGrill . '' The children went out of the back door quietly , and were presently lost to sight , Sarah Maud slipping and stumbling along absent-mindedly , as she recited rapidly under her breath , `` Itwassuchapleasantevenin 'n' suchashortwalk , that wethoughtwe ` dleaveourhatstohome . -- Itwassucha pleasantevenin 'n' suchashortwalk , thatwethoughtwe 'd leaveourhatstohome . '' Peter rang the door-bell , and presently a servant admitted them , and , whispering something in Sarah 's ear , drew her downstairs into the kitchen .