About six o’clock in the morning
she said , and Peter Piper could n't make her . You can just imagine what a doleful night it was . They went all over the house together and looked at every hole in the carpet and every piece of stuffing sticking out of the dear old shabby sofas , and every broken window and chair leg and table and ragged blanket -- and the tears ran down their faces for the first time in their lives . About six o'clock in the morning Peter Piper made a last effort . -LSB- Transcriber 's Note : See picture together.jpg -RSB- `` Let 's all join hands in a circle , '' he said quite faintly , `` and dance round and round once more . '' But it was no use . When they joined hands they could not dance , and when they found they could not dance they all tumbled down in a heap and cried instead of laughing and Lady Patsy lay with her arms round Peter Piper 's neck .