three o'clock
That of itself , not to speak of the damage to the orchard , was sufficient to make Aunt Hepsy a very disagreeable person to live with while the storm lasted . Her tongue went from early morning till afternoon , scolding alternately at Lucy and Keziah . The latter was a stolid being , on whom her mistress 's talking made no impression ; but it made Lucy nervous and awkward , and her work was very badly done indeed . At three o'clock Aunt Hepsy sent her to wash her face , and gave her a long side of a sheet to hem . So Lucy was sitting on the settle , with a very grave and sorrowful-looking face , when Tom came in at four . His uncle had no need of him just then , and had sent him to the house to be out of the way . Keziah was feeding the calves , and Aunt Hepsy upstairs dressing , if that word can be appropriately applied to the slight change her toilet underwent in the afternoon .