About five o'clock
Poor woman , she could not tell him what she saw , for she did not know the name of the animals . At last her husband got up courage enough to go to the window and look out as his wife had , but he stayed less time than she did for just as he got there the lions gave a mighty roar and all the animals followed suit , for the lions ' cage was passing through the water and they did not like the cold water crawling up their legs and of course they thought they were going to be drowned ; while the Swedish workman thought he was going to be chewed up alive , and flew back to bed with teeth chattering and held on to his wife for protection ; and had a lion really come after them he would probably have thrown his wife at the lion 's head for him to eat , while he made good his escape . All this time Billy and Betty were trotting along side by side gossiping about people in the circus , and all the time it became lighter and lighter as it was getting nearer sunrise . About five o'clock they saw , away in the blue distance , a tall church steeple and they knew they must be nearing the town where the circus was to be held . As they came nearer they could hear the sound of the church bell ring out on the stillness , calling the people to early morning mass , and soon they could see the people going to church , and the mothers take their children by the hand and pull them into the church as they did not want them to see anything so wicked as a circus procession on Sunday morning . Billy noticing this , said , `` Let us give the children a treat . When the people are all in the church we will walk in and see what it looks like inside . ''