four
o'clock
Elizabeth laid the baby on the bed , and turned patiently toward the kitchen . An hour was consumed in getting the extra meal and doing the dishes afterward , and then it was time to begin the regular supper for the rest of the family . When John found that she had thrown herself down on the bed to nurse the baby instead of coming to the table for her supper , he insisted that she at least come and pour the tea , and when she sat unresistant through the meal , but could not eat , he sent her to bed and helped his mother wash the supper dishes without complaint . The next morning , however , he hailed her forth to assist with the half-past four o'clock breakfast relentlessly , unaware that she had spent a weary and sleepless night . `` Are you going to look for a girl to-day ? '' she asked as he was leaving the house after the breakfast was eaten . `` Oh !