about midday
Anyway , there is no twilight ; the sun sets , and it is dark almost immediately . When the day came , Emily -LRB- my sister , you know , with whom I was staying -RRB- was n't able to go because the baby was not at all well , and she could not leave him for so long a time . So my brother-in-law and I set off alone , promising to come home early . I enjoyed the drive over the prairie very much , and we got to our destination about midday . Then we had dinner , a regular out-West dinner , all on the table together , everything very good and very plentiful . We dined in the kitchen , of course , and after dinner I helped Mrs. Hewstead to wash up the dishes , and then we went out and sat on the north side of the house in the shade and gossiped , while the men went and inspected some steam-ploughs and corn-planters , and what not . Then at five o'clock we had supper .