5 o’clock
`` But if you do n't come home in time for supper , mamma , what shall we eat ? '' `` I have made up a cold supper for you and your papa and Grandpa Croaker , '' said Mrs. No-tail . `` You will find it in the oven of the stove . You may eat at 5 o'clock , but I think I 'll be back before then . '' Poor Mrs. No-Tail did n't know what was going to happen to her , nor how near she was to never coming home at all again . But there , wait , if you please , I 'll tell you all about it . Away hopped Mrs. No-Tail through the woods , carrying the custard pie and the toasted cheese for Mrs. Longtail in a little basket .