about six
o'clock
When she woke up , she did not know where under the sun she was . So she walked along for about an hour and came to a little village , and after a few minutes she came to a large rock , and guess who she met ? She met her father , and when he saw her he hugged her so hard that when he got through she did not have any breath left in her . And they walked along , and after a while they came to the wood , and it was now about six o'clock , and it was very dark , and just then nine robbers jumped out from behind the trees , and they took a pistol and shot Rachel 's father , and the child fainted . Her papa was dead , so she dug a hole and buried him , and went right back home . And of course that was all , and if I had that snake , I would n't try to scare you with it , father , anyhow . '' So Colonel Musgrave gave his son a well-earned coin , as the colonel considered , and it having been decreed , `` Now , father , _ you _ tell a story , '' obediently read aloud from a fat red-covered book .